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

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Your route

3 moves · +$61,280 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 2, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, 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
Plumber Helper to Facilities Technician +$4,720 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.75 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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
Facilities Manager to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) +$3,800 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists General and Operations Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- 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: Active Learning, Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation

Side by side

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

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

Gates on the route: Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a 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 +8.7% Texas, 800 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

27%+43 pts70%

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

3.6 / 5-1.81.8 / 5

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

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: 28% 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 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: 38%).

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 +1.87
Persuasion +1.62
Reading Comprehension +1.62
Negotiation +1.50
Speaking +1.50
Writing +1.50

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