Structural Drafter II
Location
Chicago, IL
Posted on September 1, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Posted on September 1, 2026
The Structural Drafter II contributes to project teams and works on a variety of projects in various stages of design and construction. The role involves maintaining the BIM model and preparing implementation documents while adhering to established graphics standards and modeling procedures.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs in Chicago, IL currently run a median of $55/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $43–$63/hr across 12 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 103 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 64 different employers. 37 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 237 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (12), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Downers Grove at $36/hr. Chicago is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Drafter II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.