Compare A Lighting Technician ↔ B Electrical Apprentice

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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.

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Move 1, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.

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Lighting Technician to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Primary-Long).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.

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This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $18.34 to $34.64/h Houston apprenticeship scale (IBEW 716), 2026

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

$53,150no difference shown$58,570

No published schedule lists both rungs. Electrical Apprentice uses the Electricians data, where apprentices are counted (SOC Classification Principle 7); that occupation's median is mostly journeyman pay, so it is not compared.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 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: 1% 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 Texas: Electrical Apprentice license (TDLR) before doing any electrical work. No experience or exam; $20 online application, renewed yearly.

Experience

A Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B To start: no experience and no exam for the Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 0

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