Compare A Elevator Mechanic ↔ B Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)

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Your route

3 moves · +$1,090 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 Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 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 Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) +$3,800 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists General and Operations Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- 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: Active Learning, Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation

Side by side

All General and Operations Managers: Texas median $103,230, $1,090 more a year than all Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($102,140), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) 70%, Elevator Mechanic 74%.

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

$102,140+$1,090$103,230

Gates on the route: Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 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 +14.5% Texas, 43,030 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

74%-4 pts70%

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

3.7 / 5-1.91.8 / 5

Hazardous conditions-3.51Hazardous conditions: A 4.85, B 1.34
Cramped space-3.38Cramped space: A 4.57, B 1.19
High places-3.28High places: A 4.59, B 1.31
Hazardous equipment-3.00Hazardous equipment: A 4.36, B 1.36
Bending or twisting-2.47Bending or twisting: A 4.43, B 1.96

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: 28% 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: 24%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 4

Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.63
Negotiation +1.50
Management of Financial Resources +1.38
Management of Material Resources +1.37
Persuasion +1.24
Social Perceptiveness +1.13

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