Compare A Industrial Engineer ↔ B Electrical Drafter

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Your route

2 moves · -$23,940 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Civil Engineering Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Electrical Drafter: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Industrial Engineer to Civil Engineering Technician -$45,170 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- 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
Civil Engineering Technician to Electrical Drafter +$21,230 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronics Drafters as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

All Electrical and Electronics Drafters: Texas median $80,620, $23,940 less a year than all Industrial Engineers ($104,560), every experience level.

Industrial Engineer: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.2 times the share for Electrical Drafter (36%).

This level's pay

A $101,314 a year H-1B filings, n = 42, TX+AZ, 2026

B No headline record for this level

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

$104,560-$23,940$80,620

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +20.3% Texas, 2,390 openings a year

B +0.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

80%-44 pts36%

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

1.8 / 5-0.31.5 / 5

Hazardous equipment-0.93Hazardous equipment: A 2.55, B 1.62
Standing-0.68Standing: A 2.65, B 1.97
Cramped space-0.53Cramped space: A 1.79, B 1.26
Protective gear-0.49Protective gear: A 1.75, B 1.26
Walking or running-0.45Walking or running: A 2.35, B 1.9

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 74%).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% do).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

B 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).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 42%).

B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 30%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning

To build: 0

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