Compare A Pipelayer ↔ B Boilermaker
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1 move · +$30,130 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Pipelayer to Boilermaker +$30,130 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
- Gates: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Active Learning, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control
Side by side
All Boilermakers: Texas median $75,750, $30,130 more a year than all Pipelayers ($45,620), every experience level.
Boilermaker: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.6 times the share for Pipelayer (17%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +0.2% Texas, 480 openings a year
B +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.1 / 5+0.13.3 / 5
- High places+1.75High places: A 1.31, B 3.06
- Outdoors, all weather-1.63Outdoors, all weather: A 4.9, B 3.27
- Hazardous conditions+1.04Hazardous conditions: A 2.14, B 3.18
- Bending or twisting-0.91Bending or twisting: A 3.77, B 2.86
- Protective gear+0.83Protective gear: A 2.6, B 3.43
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A Texas: yard water lines and building sewers for 1-2 family homes are plumbing (TSBPE Residential Utilities Installer registration). Utility mains and most private site mains are exempt (1301.053, 1301.059).
B No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 19%).
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Time Management
To build: 6
- Active Learning +1.00
- Operations Monitoring +1.00
- Operation and Control +0.63
- Complex Problem Solving +0.62
- Critical Thinking +0.50
- Equipment Maintenance +0.50
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