Compare A Electrical Apprentice ↔ B Boilermaker
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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.
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- Move 1, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet.
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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.
Side by side
Boilermaker: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.3 times the share for Electrical Apprentice (35%).
This level's pay
A $18.34 to $34.64/h Houston apprenticeship scale (IBEW 716), 2026
B No headline record for this level
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Electrical Apprentice uses the Electricians data, where apprentices are counted (SOC Classification Principle 7); that occupation's median is mostly journeyman pay, so it is not compared.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
B +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
4.1 / 5-0.93.3 / 5
- Bending or twisting-1.82Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 2.86
- Hazardous conditions-1.41Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 3.18
- Climbing ladders-1.37Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.83
- Keeping balance-1.22Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.63
- Cramped space-1.03Cramped space: A 4.4, B 3.37
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A Texas: Electrical Apprentice license (TDLR) before doing any electrical work. No experience or exam; $20 online application, renewed yearly.
B No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.
Experience
A To start: no experience and no exam for the Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Quality Control Analysis
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Active Learning
To build: 2
- Operations Monitoring +0.88
- Operation and Control +0.75
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