Compare A Master Electrician ↔ B Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)

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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Electrical Assembler: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Production Supervisor: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 4, to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 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), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Master Electrician to Electric Motor Repairer
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Repairing
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Electrical Assembler
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.72.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Assembler to Production Supervisor
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (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 4 Transfer move to the side
Production Supervisor to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)
- O*NET lists General and Operations Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- 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), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Persuasion

Side by side

All General and Operations Managers: Texas median $103,230, $44,660 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 70% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2 times the share for Master Electrician (35%).

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+$44,660$103,230

Gates on the route: Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common); Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 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), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

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

Over 40 h a week

35%+35 pts70%

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

4.1 / 5-2.31.8 / 5

Hazardous conditions-3.25Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 1.34
Cramped space-3.21Cramped space: A 4.4, B 1.19
Climbing ladders-2.88Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 1.32
Bending or twisting-2.72Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 1.96
Hazardous equipment-2.68Hazardous equipment: A 4.04, B 1.36

Degree

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

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 28% do).

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

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: 5

Service Orientation
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Instructing
Learning Strategies

To build: 6

Negotiation +1.25
Monitoring +0.88
Reading Comprehension +0.88
Management of Personnel Resources +0.87
Social Perceptiveness +0.87
Coordination +0.76

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