Compare A Electrical Foreman ↔ B Electrical Project Manager

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Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Superintendent: 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).
Move 2, to Electrical Project Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 B1 step up on Construction electrical
Electrical Foreman to Electrical Superintendent
- Next rung on 'Construction electrical' (Lead to Senior). O*NET lists Construction Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Long).
- 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).
- Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Active Learning
Move 2 B1 step up on Construction electrical
Electrical Superintendent to Electrical Project Manager
- Next rung on 'Construction electrical' (Senior to Senior).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

All Construction Managers: Texas median $101,470, $26,950 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Electrical Project Manager 74%, Electrical Foreman 63%.

This level's pay

A $42.79/h Houston union minimum (IBEW 716), 2026

B No headline record for this level

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+$26,950$101,470

Gates on the route: Electrical Superintendent: 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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +13.1% Texas, 7,330 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

63%+11 pts74%

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

3.0 / 5-0.22.8 / 5

Very hot or cold-0.96Very hot or cold: A 4.21, B 3.25
Hazardous equipment-0.73Hazardous equipment: A 4.18, B 3.45
Outdoors, all weather-0.58Outdoors, all weather: A 4.43, B 3.85
Climbing ladders+0.53Climbing ladders: A 2.02, B 2.55
Hazardous conditions-0.35Hazardous conditions: A 2.95, B 2.6

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: 45% do).

License

A Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).

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 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 20%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Coordination
Speaking
Quality Control Analysis
Instructing
Learning Strategies

To build: 6

Management of Financial Resources +1.62
Management of Material Resources +1.26
Active Learning +0.88
Complex Problem Solving +0.88
Negotiation +0.88
Judgment and Decision Making +0.87

Make this your goal

Save Electrical Foreman to Electrical Project Manager as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 6 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.