Compare A Ironworker ↔ B Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)

Compare with

Your route

3 moves

No pay difference shown for this route: weatherization Installer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet.
Move 2, 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).
Move 3, to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 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
Ironworker to Weatherization Installer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Weatherization Installer to Electrical Superintendent
- O*NET lists Construction Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Superintendent to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)
- O*NET lists General and Operations Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89 (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).

Side by side

All General and Operations Managers: Texas median $103,230, $50,990 more a year than all Structural Iron and Steel Workers ($52,240), every experience level.

Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 70% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.1 times the share for Ironworker (34%).

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

$52,240+$50,990$103,230

Gates on the route: Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet; 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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +3.6% Texas, 850 openings a year

B +14.5% Texas, 43,030 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

34%+36 pts70%

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

3.4 / 5-1.61.8 / 5

High places-2.43High places: A 3.74, B 1.31
Protective gear-2.29Protective gear: A 3.47, B 1.18
Hazardous equipment-2.27Hazardous equipment: A 3.63, B 1.36
Bending or twisting-2.17Bending or twisting: A 4.13, B 1.96
Cramped space-1.76Cramped space: A 2.95, B 1.19

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 28% 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 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: none (O*NET: 57%).

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: 1

Learning Strategies

To build: 6

Negotiation +1.50
Persuasion +1.50
Writing +1.50
Management of Financial Resources +1.38
Management of Personnel Resources +1.37
Social Perceptiveness +1.25

Make this your goal

Save Ironworker to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 6 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.