Compare A Communications Electrician Supervisor ↔ B Mobile Electronics Installer

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No pay difference shown for this route: electrical Apprentice: All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet.
Move 4, to Mobile Electronics Installer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Communications Electrician Supervisor to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Boilermaker
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.63 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 4 Transfer move to the side
Boilermaker to Mobile Electronics Installer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

All Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles: Texas median $48,730, $28,030 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Mobile Electronics Installer 75%, Communications Electrician Supervisor 53%.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$76,760-$28,030$48,730

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Boilermaker: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year

B -4.8% Texas, 100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%+22 pts75%

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.6 / 5+0.12.7 / 5

Cramped space+1.56Cramped space: A 2.36, B 3.92
Standing+1.08Standing: A 3.01, B 4.09
Outdoors, all weather-1.00Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 2.26
High places-1.00High places: A 2.43, B 1.43
Kneeling or crawling+0.93Kneeling or crawling: A 2.32, B 3.25

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8).

B No license for this job at the Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; vehicle electrical work is exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(1)).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 41%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 52%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Reading Comprehension
Time Management

To build: 3

Installation +1.50
Repairing +0.74
Troubleshooting +0.50

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