How much do CAD designers make?

[MBrown]

I am thinking about changing my Major to CAD. I would be getting an AAS in CAD. How much does one with that degree make?

 

[bonkers325]

check www.salary.com

i'm assuming you want to be a CAD drafter? i'm not sure how much they make, but its not a career i'd choose.

 

[PAB]

Originally posted by: MBrown
I am thinking about changing my Major to CAD. I would be getting an AAS in CAD. How much does one with that degree make?

$50k is not uncommon.

 

[Special K]

I didn't realize CAD was a major. I thought it just referred to the tools some engineers use.

 

[Sukhoi]

That would be so boring.

 

[MBrown]

Originally posted by: Special K
I didn't realize CAD was a major. I thought it just referred to the tools some engineers use.

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[helpme]

Originally posted by: Special K
I didn't realize CAD was a major. I thought it just referred to the tools some engineers use.

That's because it's more of a tech degree (hence the AA). You don't see them in BS form.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Yeah, CAD is a tool. If you become an engineer, you use CAD as a means to accomplish your tasks. If you get a technical CAD degree, you just do exactly what engineers tell you all day.

engineering >>> technical CAD degree

 

[NatePo717]

I'm getting my BS in ME and am going into the design field right out of school. I will be making ~ $56,000/year

 

[Justin218]

ya, it just seems like a tool to me as well, rather than an actual concentration of study. CAD aides you in building something. That something is what you want to be doing.

 

[Beev]

CAD is so damn easy to use. Had it mastered in high school...