Compare A Electrical Apprentice ↔ B Ironworker
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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 Ironworker: 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
Electrical Apprentice to Ironworker
- O*NET lists Structural Iron and Steel Workers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Side by side
More than 40 hours a week: Ironworker 34%, 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 +3.6% Texas, 850 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 / 5-0.73.4 / 5
- Hazardous conditions-1.66Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 2.93
- Keeping balance-1.65Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.2
- Cramped space-1.45Cramped space: A 4.4, B 2.95
- Outdoors, all weather-1.26Outdoors, all weather: A 4.13, B 2.87
- Climbing ladders-1.13Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 3.07
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: 7% 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 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 To start: no experience and no exam for the Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 57%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 5
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
- Time Management
To build: 1
- Operation and Control +0.50
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