Compare A Electrical Foreman ↔ 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.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
- Move 2, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet.
Move 1 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 2 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.
Side by side
All Boilermakers: Texas median $75,750, $1,230 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Boilermaker 80%, Electrical Foreman 63%.
This level's pay
A $42.79/h Houston union minimum (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
Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Boilermaker: license not checked yet.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +10.0% Texas, 8,780 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
3.0 / 5+0.33.3 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.16Outdoors, all weather: A 4.43, B 3.27
- Cramped space+0.96Cramped space: A 2.41, B 3.37
- Hazardous equipment-0.91Hazardous equipment: A 4.18, B 3.27
- Keeping balance+0.82Keeping balance: A 1.81, B 2.63
- Climbing ladders+0.81Climbing ladders: A 2.02, B 2.83
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 Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).
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 Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).
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
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Equipment Selection
To build: 5
- Equipment Maintenance +1.12
- Operations Monitoring +1.12
- Repairing +1.12
- Troubleshooting +1.00
- Operation and Control +0.87
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