Compare A Electrical General Foreman ↔ B Plumber

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2 moves · -$14,680 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Inspector: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Plumber: Texas: Journeyman Plumber license (TSBPE): 8,000 hours as a registered apprentice, a 48-hour course or DOL apprenticeship, and an exam. Tradesman Plumber-Limited (4,000 hours) covers 1-2 family homes.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electrical General Foreman to Electrical Inspector -$9,710 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Construction and Building Inspectors as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Reading Comprehension
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Inspector to Plumber -$4,970 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.62 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Texas: Journeyman Plumber license (TSBPE): 8,000 hours as a registered apprentice, a 48-hour course or DOL apprenticeship, and an exam. Tradesman Plumber-Limited (4,000 hours) covers 1-2 family homes.

Side by side

All Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters: Texas median $59,840, $14,680 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.

Electrical General Foreman: 63% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.3 times the share for Plumber (27%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$74,520-$14,680$59,840

Gates on the route: Plumber: Texas: Journeyman Plumber license (TSBPE): 8,000 hours as a registered apprentice, a 48-hour course or DOL apprenticeship, and an exam. Tradesman Plumber-Limited (4,000 hours) covers 1-2 family homes.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +8.9% Texas, 4,220 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

63%-36 pts27%

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

3.0 / 5+0.73.7 / 5

Climbing ladders+1.73Climbing ladders: A 2.02, B 3.75
Cramped space+1.39Cramped space: A 2.41, B 3.8
Bending or twisting+1.17Bending or twisting: A 2.66, B 3.83
Standing+1.07Standing: A 3.62, B 4.69
High places+0.94High places: A 2.84, B 3.78

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 Texas: Journeyman Plumber license (TSBPE): 8,000 hours as a registered apprentice, a 48-hour course or DOL apprenticeship, and an exam. Tradesman Plumber-Limited (4,000 hours) covers 1-2 family homes.

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: 57%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Monitoring
Complex Problem Solving
Coordination
Operation and Control

To build: 2

Repairing +1.25
Troubleshooting +1.13

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