Compare A Electrical Foreman ↔ B Construction Laborer

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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 Plumber Helper: Plumber's Apprentice registration (TSBPE) license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 3, to Construction Laborer: 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 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 Plumber Helper
- O*NET lists Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: Plumber's Apprentice registration (TSBPE) license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Plumber Helper to Construction Laborer
- O*NET lists Construction Laborers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.76 (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

All Construction Laborers: Texas median $40,620, $33,900 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.

Electrical Foreman: 63% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.5 times the share for Construction Laborer (18%).

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

$74,520-$33,900$40,620

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Plumber Helper: Plumber's Apprentice registration (TSBPE) license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

63%-45 pts18%

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

3.0 / 5+0.03.0 / 5

Standing+1.03Standing: A 3.62, B 4.65
Cramped space+0.86Cramped space: A 2.41, B 3.27
High places-0.63High places: A 2.84, B 2.21
Walking or running-0.43Walking or running: A 3.14, B 2.71
Hazardous conditions-0.35Hazardous conditions: A 2.95, B 2.6

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 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: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

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

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 5

Speaking
Active Listening
Coordination
Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring

To build: 0

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