Compare A Pipelayer ↔ B Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)

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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 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
Pipelayer to Electrical Apprentice
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Electrical Assembler
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.52 (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 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, $57,610 more a year than all Pipelayers ($45,620), every experience level.

Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 70% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4 times the share for Pipelayer (17%).

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

$45,620+$57,610$103,230

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; 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 +0.2% Texas, 480 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

17%+53 pts70%

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

3.1 / 5-1.31.8 / 5

Cramped space-2.23Cramped space: A 3.42, B 1.19
Outdoors, all weather-1.97Outdoors, all weather: A 4.9, B 2.93
Very hot or cold-1.84Very hot or cold: A 4.17, B 2.33
Hazardous equipment-1.82Hazardous equipment: A 3.18, B 1.36
Bending or twisting-1.81Bending or twisting: A 3.77, B 1.96

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: 28% 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 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 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: 24%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.75
Active Learning +1.62
Management of Material Resources +1.62
Persuasion +1.62
Management of Financial Resources +1.50
Negotiation +1.50

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