Compare A Boilermaker ↔ B Camera Operator
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4 moves · -$12,640 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Mobile Electronics Installer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 2, to Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Move 3, to Audio Video Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 4, to Camera Operator: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Boilermaker to Mobile Electronics Installer -$27,020 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- 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 2 Transfer move to the side
Mobile Electronics Installer to Audio Video Installer -$960 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Audio Video Installer to Audio Video Technician +$1,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audio and Video Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (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 4 Transfer move to the side
Audio Video Technician to Camera Operator +$13,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Active Listening
Side by side
All Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film: Texas median $63,110, $12,640 less a year than all Boilermakers ($75,750), every experience level.
Boilermaker: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.4 times the share for Camera Operator (34%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year
B +8.5% Texas, 180 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.3 / 5-1.22.1 / 5
- Protective gear-2.36Protective gear: A 3.43, B 1.07
- Hazardous conditions-1.59Hazardous conditions: A 3.18, B 1.59
- Climbing ladders-1.53Climbing ladders: A 2.83, B 1.3
- High places-1.47High places: A 3.06, B 1.59
- Very hot or cold-1.31Very hot or cold: A 4.21, B 2.9
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: 7% do).
License
A No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.
B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).
B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 30%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Time Management
To build: 1
- Active Listening +0.75
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