Jobs / Architecture and engineering / 17-3012.00
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Prepare wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, and layout drawings used for the manufacture, installation, or repair of electrical equipment.
- US jobs
- 17,920
- Median wage
- $76,870 a year
- Job family
- Architecture and engineering
Can agents do the work of electrical and electronics drafters?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Architecture and engineering: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: HWE-Bench, 79.9% of tasks completed.
Direct evidence that disagrees: Parametric CAD Bench V3, 7% of tasks fully completed (Perfect tasks).
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 24%Create visual designs or displaysNot measured
- 12%Read documents or materials to inform work processesNot measured
- 8%Coordinate with others to resolve problemsNot measured
- 8%Communicate with others about specifications or project detailsNot measured
- 7%Gather data about operational or development activitiesNot measured
- 7%Operate computer systems or computerized equipmentNot measured
- 5%Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical dataNot measured
- 4%Design electrical or electronic systems or equipmentNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in architecture and engineering, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- 56.9%GPT-6 Astra (max) with Codex 0.154.0 · 21 Sep 2026Emerging
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 58.2%Codex + GPT-6 Astra (max) · 3 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry or printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.
- Draft working drawings, wiring diagrams, wiring connection specifications, or cross-sections of underground cables, as required for instructions to installation crew.
- Assemble documentation packages and produce drawing sets to be checked by an engineer or an architect.
- Review completed construction drawings and cost estimates for accuracy and conformity to standards and regulations.
- Consult with engineers to discuss or interpret design concepts, or determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
- Confer with engineering staff and other personnel to resolve problems.
- Measure factors that affect installation and arrangement of equipment, such as distances to be spanned by wire and cable.
- Design electrical systems, such as lighting systems.
- Draw master sketches to scale showing relation of proposed installations to existing facilities and exact specifications and dimensions.
- Review work orders or procedural manuals and confer with vendors or design staff to resolve problems or modify design.
- Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data.
- Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, or tolerances.
Other job titles for this occupation (48)
Computer-Aided Design Operator · Designer · Drafter · Drafting Technician (Drafting Tech) · Electrical Designer · Electrical Drafter · Layout Designer · Printed Circuit Board Designer (PCB Designer) · Staking Engineer · Staking Technician (Staking Tech) · Analog Design Engineer · Analog Integrated Circuits Design Engineer (Analog IC Design Engineer) · AutoCAD Drafter · AutoCAD Technician · CAD Drafter (Computer-Aided Design Drafter) · CAD Draftsman (Computer-Aided Design Draftsman) · CADD Drafter (Computer-Aided Design and Drafting Drafter) · Circuit Board Drafter · Circuit Designer · Computer-Aided Design Designer (CAD Designer) · Computer-Aided Design Technician (CAD Tech) · Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Designer · Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Operator · Design Drafter · Distribution Designer · Electrical Computer-Aided Design and Drafting Technician (Electrical CADD Tech) · Electrical Computer-Aided Design Operator · Electrical Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Designer · Electrical Controls Designer · Electrical Design Technician · Electrical Distribution Designer · Electrical Systems Drafter · Electromechanical Design Drafter · Electromechanisms Design Drafter · Electronic Drafter · Engineering Agent · Equipment Services Associate (ESA) · IC Layout Designer (Integrated Circuit Layout Designer) · Instrumentation Designer · Line Staker · Mask Designer · Mask Layout Designer · Printed Circuit Board Drafter (PCB Drafter) · Printed Circuit Board Draftsman (PCB Draftsman) · Printed Circuit Board Layout Designer (PCB Layout Designer) · Printed Circuit Designer · Systems Designer · Test Fixture Designer