Compare A Elevator Mechanic ↔ B Electrical Superintendent

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3 moves · -$670 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Electrical Superintendent: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Elevator Mechanic to Facilities Technician -$55,470 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Electrical Superintendent +$2,040 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Construction Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Negotiation

Side by side

All Construction Managers: Texas median $101,470, $670 less a year than all Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($102,140), every experience level.

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

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

$102,140-$670$101,470

Gates on the route: Electrical Superintendent: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.2% Texas, 120 openings a year

B +13.1% Texas, 7,330 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

74%-1 pts74%

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

3.7 / 5-0.92.8 / 5

Cramped space-2.27Cramped space: A 4.57, B 2.3
Hazardous conditions-2.25Hazardous conditions: A 4.85, B 2.6
Bending or twisting-1.93Bending or twisting: A 4.43, B 2.5
High places-1.49High places: A 4.59, B 3.1
Kneeling or crawling-1.20Kneeling or crawling: A 3.5, B 2.3

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: 45% 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 No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license.

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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 20%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 1

Quality Control Analysis

To build: 6

Management of Financial Resources +2.00
Management of Personnel Resources +2.00
Negotiation +1.88
Management of Material Resources +1.63
Operations Analysis +1.38
Mathematics +1.25

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