Compare A Lighting Technician ↔ B Boilermaker

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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 Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 2, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Lighting Technician to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Primary-Long).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Boilermaker
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.63 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.

Side by side

All Boilermakers: Texas median $75,750, $22,600 more a year than all Lighting Technicians ($53,150), every experience level.

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

$53,150+$22,600$75,750

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Boilermaker: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

B +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year

Degree

A Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

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 license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

Experience

A Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 0

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