Compare A Electrical Apprentice ↔ B Lighting Technician

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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 Lighting Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

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Electrical Apprentice to Lighting Technician
- O*NET lists Lighting Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long) (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).

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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

$58,570no difference shown$53,150

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 +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).

B Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

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 Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

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