Compare A Elevator Mechanic ↔ B Electrical Foreman

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3 moves · -$27,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Lineworker (Power Line): Texas: TDLR Journeyman Lineman license (7,000 apprenticeship hours), unless the work is on equipment controlled by an electric utility, co-op or power generation company (Occ. Code 1305.003(a)(5)). Heavy-vehicle drivers usually need a CDL.
Move 2, to Line Crew Supervisor: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 3, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Elevator Mechanic to Lineworker (Power Line) -$23,200 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Texas: TDLR Journeyman Lineman license (7,000 apprenticeship hours), unless the work is on equipment controlled by an electric utility, co-op or power generation company (Occ. Code 1305.003(a)(5)). Heavy-vehicle drivers usually need a CDL.
Move 2 E1 step up on Utility line work
Lineworker (Power Line) to Line Crew Supervisor -$2,180 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Utility line work' (Skilled to Lead).
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Speaking
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Line Crew Supervisor to Electrical Foreman -$2,240 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: Texas median $74,520, $27,620 less a year than all Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($102,140), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Electrical Foreman 63%, Elevator Mechanic 74%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $42.79/h Houston union minimum (IBEW 716), 2026

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

$102,140-$27,620$74,520

Gates on the route: Lineworker (Power Line): Texas: TDLR Journeyman Lineman license (7,000 apprenticeship hours), unless the work is on equipment controlled by an electric utility, co-op or power generation company (Occ. Code 1305.003(a)(5)). Heavy-vehicle drivers usually need a CDL; Line Crew Supervisor: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common); Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.2% Texas, 120 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

74%-12 pts63%

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

3.7 / 5-0.73.0 / 5

Cramped space-2.16Cramped space: A 4.57, B 2.41
Hazardous conditions-1.90Hazardous conditions: A 4.85, B 2.95
Bending or twisting-1.77Bending or twisting: A 4.43, B 2.66
High places-1.75High places: A 4.59, B 2.84
Outdoors, all weather+1.17Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 4.43

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

License

A Texas: elevator work must be done under a TDLR-registered elevator contractor with a Responsible Party (3 years' experience); TDLR has no separate mechanic license. No electrician license needed (1305.003(a)(15)).

B Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 29%).

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Complex Problem Solving
Active Learning
Quality Control Analysis
Writing

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.50
Negotiation +1.00
Coordination +0.88
Instructing +0.75
Speaking +0.75
Learning Strategies +0.74

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