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Computer aided design and drafting software CADD

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Computer aided design and drafting software CADD is a software tool tracked in the Computer aided design CAD software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 22 occupations that together employ about 5,680,430 workers, with a median wage of $79,690.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 58th percentile for AI task-exposure (Moderate) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Computer aided design and drafting software CADD, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1,531,700 $48,620
Solar Energy Installation Managers 806,080 $78,690
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Transportation Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Water/Wastewater Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Construction Managers 348,330 $106,980
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Graphic Designers 214,260 $61,300
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 111,140 $96,690
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Interior Designers 69,580 $63,490
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 62,130 $64,200
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 56,720 $51,940
Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Mechanical Drafters 39,900 $68,510
Environmental Engineers 37,950 $104,170
Fashion Designers 20,910 $80,690
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 20,020 $73,720
Traffic Technicians 7,580 $58,480
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 22 occupations in occupations that use Computer aided design and drafting software CADD. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Solar Energy Installation Managers Traffic Technicians Surveyors Electrical Engineers Surveying and Mapping Technicians Architectural and Engineering Managers Mechanical Drafters Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Civil Engineers Mechanical Engineers Architectural and Civil Drafters Graphic Designers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Computer aided design and drafting software CADD, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Computer aided design CAD software category.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Computer aided design and drafting software CADD." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/computer-aided-design-and-drafting-software-cadd

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Singulariki. (2026). Computer aided design and drafting software CADD. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/computer-aided-design-and-drafting-software-cadd

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