Compare A Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) ↔ B Plumber Helper

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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 Foreman: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3, to Plumber Helper: Plumber's Apprentice registration (TSBPE) license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) to Electrical Foreman
- 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).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Plumber Helper
- O*NET lists Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: Plumber's Apprentice registration (TSBPE) license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).

Side by side

All Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters: Texas median $41,950, $61,280 less a year than all General and Operations Managers ($103,230), every experience level.

Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 70% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.6 times the share for Plumber Helper (27%).

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

$103,230-$61,280$41,950

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Plumber Helper: Plumber's Apprentice registration (TSBPE) license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +8.7% Texas, 800 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

70%-43 pts27%

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

1.8 / 5+1.83.6 / 5

Hazardous equipment+3.10Hazardous equipment: A 1.36, B 4.46
Cramped space+2.44Cramped space: A 1.19, B 3.63
High places+2.30High places: A 1.31, B 3.61
Climbing ladders+1.99Climbing ladders: A 1.32, B 3.31
Very hot or cold+1.91Very hot or cold: A 2.33, B 4.24

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 Texas: register as a Plumber's Apprentice with TSBPE ($15, age 16+) to assist with plumbing under a licensed plumber; hours count only after registering.

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 38%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 0

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