Compare A Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) ↔ B Electrical Foreman
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1 move · -$28,710 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) to Electrical Foreman -$28,710 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (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 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: Texas median $74,520, $28,710 less a year than all General and Operations Managers ($103,230), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Electrical Foreman 63%, Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) 70%.
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $42.79/h Houston union minimum (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
Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.5% Texas, 43,030 openings a year
B +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.8 / 5+1.23.0 / 5
- Hazardous equipment+2.82Hazardous equipment: A 1.36, B 4.18
- Very hot or cold+1.88Very hot or cold: A 2.33, B 4.21
- Hazardous conditions+1.61Hazardous conditions: A 1.34, B 2.95
- High places+1.53High places: A 1.31, B 2.84
- Outdoors, all weather+1.50Outdoors, all weather: A 2.93, B 4.43
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 28% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).
License
A 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.
B Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 24%).
B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Coordination
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Monitoring
To build: 1
- Quality Control Analysis +0.62
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