Compare A Electrical Foreman ↔ B Elevator Mechanic

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2 moves · +$27,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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 Elevator Mechanic: 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
Electrical Foreman to Facilities Technician -$27,850 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.62 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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 Elevator Mechanic +$55,470 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (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).

Side by side

All Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers: Texas median $102,140, $27,620 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: Elevator Mechanic 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+$27,620$102,140

Gates on the route: 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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +10.2% Texas, 120 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

63%+12 pts74%

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

3.0 / 5+0.73.7 / 5

Cramped space+2.16Cramped space: A 2.41, B 4.57
Hazardous conditions+1.90Hazardous conditions: A 2.95, B 4.85
Bending or twisting+1.77Bending or twisting: A 2.66, B 4.43
High places+1.75High places: A 2.84, B 4.59
Outdoors, all weather-1.17Outdoors, all weather: A 4.43, B 3.26

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

B Texas: elevator work must be done under a TDLR-registered elevator contractor with a Responsible Party (3 years' experience); TDLR has no separate mechanic license. No electrician license needed (1305.003(a)(15)).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 29%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Learning
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension

To build: 6

Installation +2.50
Equipment Maintenance +2.00
Repairing +2.00
Troubleshooting +1.88
Operations Monitoring +0.74
Equipment Selection +0.50

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