Compare A Construction Laborer ↔ B Electrical Apprentice
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No pay difference shown for this route: electrical Apprentice: All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.
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 Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Construction Laborer to Facilities Technician
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- 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 Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.67 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Side by side
Electrical Apprentice: 35% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2 times the share for Construction Laborer (18%).
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $18.34 to $34.64/h Houston apprenticeship scale (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
All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +12.2% Texas, 15,270 openings a year
B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.0 / 5+1.14.1 / 5
- Climbing ladders+2.44Climbing ladders: A 1.76, B 4.2
- Keeping balance+2.26Keeping balance: A 1.59, B 3.85
- Bending or twisting+2.06Bending or twisting: A 2.62, B 4.68
- Hazardous conditions+1.99Hazardous conditions: A 2.6, B 4.59
- Kneeling or crawling+1.53Kneeling or crawling: A 2.22, B 3.75
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: 1% do).
License
A 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).
B Texas: Electrical Apprentice license (TDLR) before doing any electrical work. No experience or exam; $20 online application, renewed yearly.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 43%).
B To start: no experience and no exam for the Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 4
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
To build: 6
- Troubleshooting +1.75
- Installation +1.37
- Repairing +1.25
- Active Learning +1.13
- Quality Control Analysis +1.13
- Systems Analysis +1.12
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