Compare A Plumber Helper ↔ B Electrical Foreman

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2 moves · +$32,570 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.
Move 2, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Plumber Helper to Journeyman Electrician +$16,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.
Move 2 B1 step up on Construction electrical
Journeyman Electrician to Electrical Foreman +$15,950 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Construction electrical' (Skilled to Lead).
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Coordination, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: Texas median $74,520, $32,570 more a year than all Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters ($41,950), every experience level.

Electrical Foreman: 63% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.4 times the share for Plumber Helper (27%).

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

$41,950+$32,570$74,520

Gates on the route: Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license; Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +8.7% Texas, 800 openings a year

B +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

27%+36 pts63%

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

3.6 / 5-0.63.0 / 5

Climbing ladders-1.29Climbing ladders: A 3.31, B 2.02
Cramped space-1.22Cramped space: A 3.63, B 2.41
Kneeling or crawling-1.13Kneeling or crawling: A 3.52, B 2.39
Bending or twisting-1.06Bending or twisting: A 3.72, B 2.66
Keeping balance-0.83Keeping balance: A 2.64, B 1.81

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

License

A 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.

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

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.74
Speaking +1.25
Coordination +1.13
Learning Strategies +1.12
Instructing +1.00
Negotiation +1.00

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