# Market evidence report — mechanical-engineering-drafter

Source: **22 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 22), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-17.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 17 | 77 % |
| junior | 4 | 18 % |
| n/a | 1 | 5 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AutoCAD | 14 | 64 % |
| 2 | solidworks | 11 | 50 % |
| 3 | microsoft excel | 4 | 18 % |
| 4 | microsoft word | 4 | 18 % |
| 5 | microsoft outlook | 3 | 14 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3d modeling | 7 | 32 % |
| 2 | mechanical drafting | 6 | 27 % |
| 3 | mechanical design | 5 | 23 % |
| 4 | drafting | 4 | 18 % |
| 5 | blueprint reading | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | drawing creation | 3 | 14 % |
| 7 | geometric dimensioning and tolerancing | 3 | 14 % |
| 8 | structural design | 3 | 14 % |
| 9 | technical drawing | 3 | 14 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drawing creation | 10 | 45 % |
| 2 | drawing maintenance | 3 | 14 % |
| 3 | drawing revision | 3 | 14 % |
| 4 | model creation | 3 | 14 % |
| 5 | project management | 3 | 14 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 22 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Drafter | 6 |
| Drafter - Mechanical | 2 |
| Engineering Draftsman | 2 |
| CAD Drafter | 1 |
| CAD Draftsman (Creo & AutoCAD) – Weldment & Fabrication | 1 |
| Construction Mechanical Drafter | 1 |
| Design Drafter | 1 |
| Drafter I | 1 |
| Mechanical CAD Draftsman | 1 |
| Mechanical Drafter # 26-13523 | 1 |
| Mechanical Drafter (0-3 years) | 1 |
| Mechanical Drafter (Full Time) | 1 |
| Mechanical Drafter II | 1 |
| Senior Mechanical CAD Drafter – Custom Engineered Systems | 1 |
| Solidworks Drafter | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.