Compare A Plumber Helper ↔ B Sheet Metal Worker
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1 move · +$12,290 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Sheet Metal Worker: license depends on the work (Texas: HVAC duct work is done under a TDLR-licensed A/C contractor; helping with A/C maintenance or repair needs TDLR technician registration. Other sheet metal work: no license at agencies checked).
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Plumber Helper to Sheet Metal Worker +$12,290 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Sheet Metal Workers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: HVAC duct work is done under a TDLR-licensed A/C contractor; helping with A/C maintenance or repair needs TDLR technician registration. Other sheet metal work: no license at agencies checked).
- Skills to build: Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Speaking
Side by side
All Sheet Metal Workers: Texas median $54,240, $12,290 more a year than all Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters ($41,950), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Sheet Metal Worker 28%, Plumber Helper 27%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: license depends on the work (Texas: HVAC duct work is done under a TDLR-licensed A/C contractor; helping with A/C maintenance or repair needs TDLR technician registration. Other sheet metal work: no license at agencies checked).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +8.7% Texas, 800 openings a year
B +5.3% Texas, 950 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.6 / 5-0.62.9 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.61Outdoors, all weather: A 4.12, B 2.51
- Climbing ladders-1.59Climbing ladders: A 3.31, B 1.72
- High places-1.39High places: A 3.61, B 2.22
- Very hot or cold-1.36Very hot or cold: A 4.24, B 2.88
- Kneeling or crawling-1.06Kneeling or crawling: A 3.52, B 2.46
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: 0% 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 Texas: HVAC duct work is done under a TDLR-licensed A/C contractor; helping with A/C maintenance or repair needs TDLR technician registration. Other sheet metal work: no license at agencies 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: none (O*NET: 47%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 4
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 4
- Mathematics +0.75
- Reading Comprehension +0.74
- Speaking +0.50
- Time Management +0.50
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