Compare A Construction Laborer ↔ B Technical Director

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4 moves · +$31,090 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Lineworker (Power Line): Texas: TDLR Journeyman Lineman license (7,000 apprenticeship hours), unless the work is on equipment controlled by an electric utility, co-op or power generation company (Occ. Code 1305.003(a)(5)). Heavy-vehicle drivers usually need a CDL.
Move 2, to Low-Voltage Technician: license not checked yet.
Move 3, to Network Architect: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Architect hold one).
Move 4, to Technical Director: 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
Construction Laborer to Lineworker (Power Line) +$38,320 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: Texas: TDLR Journeyman Lineman license (7,000 apprenticeship hours), unless the work is on equipment controlled by an electric utility, co-op or power generation company (Occ. Code 1305.003(a)(5)). Heavy-vehicle drivers usually need a CDL.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Lineworker (Power Line) to Low-Voltage Technician -$19,570 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Low-Voltage Technician to Network Architect +$73,940 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Computer Network Architects as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Architect hold one).
Move 4 Transfer move to the side
Network Architect to Technical Director -$61,600 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.81 (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 Media Technical Directors/Managers: Texas median $71,710, $31,090 more a year than all Construction Laborers ($40,620), every experience level.

Technical Director: 77% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.3 times the share for Construction Laborer (18%).

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

$40,620+$31,090$71,710

Gates on the route: Lineworker (Power Line): Texas: TDLR Journeyman Lineman license (7,000 apprenticeship hours), unless the work is on equipment controlled by an electric utility, co-op or power generation company (Occ. Code 1305.003(a)(5)). Heavy-vehicle drivers usually need a CDL; Low-Voltage Technician: license not checked yet; Network Architect: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Architect hold one).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +12.2% Texas, 15,270 openings a year

B +7.1% Texas, 620 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

18%+59 pts77%

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

3.0 / 5-1.21.8 / 5

Hazardous equipment-2.74Hazardous equipment: A 4.34, B 1.6
Very hot or cold-2.43Very hot or cold: A 4.48, B 2.05
Standing-2.36Standing: A 4.65, B 2.29
Outdoors, all weather-2.06Outdoors, all weather: A 4.63, B 2.57
Cramped space-1.82Cramped space: A 3.27, B 1.45

Degree

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

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 92%).

License

A No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 43%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 49%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 2

Operations Monitoring
Operation and Control

To build: 6

Monitoring +1.38
Persuasion +1.38
Active Learning +1.26
Judgment and Decision Making +1.24
Systems Analysis +1.24
Critical Thinking +1.13

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