Compare A Housekeeping Supervisor ↔ B Maintenance Helper

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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 Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3, to Maintenance Helper: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Housekeeping Supervisor to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Active Listening, Coordination, Critical Thinking
Move 2 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 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Maintenance Helper
- O*NET lists Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Side by side

All Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers: Texas median $37,000, $4,660 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers ($41,660), every experience level.

Maintenance Helper: 29% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).

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

$41,660-$4,660$37,000

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Maintenance Helper: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year

B +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

16%+13 pts29%

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

2.4 / 5+0.93.2 / 5

Very hot or cold+2.20Very hot or cold: A 1.67, B 3.87
Hazardous equipment+2.17Hazardous equipment: A 1.56, B 3.73
Protective gear+1.92Protective gear: A 1.2, B 3.12
High places+1.64High places: A 1.59, B 3.23
Outdoors, all weather+1.56Outdoors, all weather: A 2.38, B 3.94

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 12% do).

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

License

A 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).

B No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Coordination
Quality Control Analysis
Speaking

To build: 5

Repairing +1.24
Operation and Control +1.12
Equipment Maintenance +1.00
Troubleshooting +1.00
Operations Monitoring +0.87

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