Compare A Solar Energy Installation Manager ↔ B Journeyman Electrician

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1 move · -$15,950 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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Move 1, to Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.

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Solar Energy Installation Manager to Journeyman Electrician -$15,950 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.74 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.

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All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $15,950 less a year than all Solar Energy Installation Managers ($74,520), every experience level.

Solar Energy Installation Manager: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 times the share for Journeyman Electrician (35%).

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $40.75/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

$74,520-$15,950$58,570

Gates on the route: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

62%-27 pts35%

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

3.3 / 5+0.84.1 / 5

Bending or twisting+1.78Bending or twisting: A 2.9, B 4.68
Keeping balance+1.52Keeping balance: A 2.33, B 3.85
Cramped space+1.49Cramped space: A 2.91, B 4.4
Climbing ladders+1.41Climbing ladders: A 2.79, B 4.2
Walking or running+1.05Walking or running: A 3.18, B 4.23

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 6% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).

License

A No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license.

B Texas: Journeyman Electrician license (TDLR): 8,000 hours under a Texas Master Electrician (exam allowed at 7,000) and a TDLR exam.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 26%).

B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Learning
Judgment and Decision Making
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 5

Troubleshooting +1.50
Repairing +1.38
Installation +1.37
Equipment Maintenance +0.88
Equipment Selection +0.75

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