Compare A Master Electrician ↔ B Lighting Technician

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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 Lighting Technician: 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
Master Electrician to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.65 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Lighting Technician
- O*NET lists Lighting Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long) (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 Lighting Technicians: Texas median $53,150, $5,420 less a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

This level's pay

A $32.23 to $40.29/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

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

$58,570-$5,420$53,150

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

B +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).

B Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

License

A Texas: Master Electrician license (TDLR): 2 years as a licensed Journeyman, 12,000 hours under a Texas Master Electrician, and a TDLR exam.

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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

B Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 0

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