Compare A Electrical General Foreman ↔ B Technical Director
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4 moves · -$2,810 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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 Technical Project Manager: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Project Manager hold one).
- Move 3, to Computer Systems Analyst: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 4, to Technical Director: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Director hold one).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electrical General Foreman to Electrical Superintendent +$26,950 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Construction Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- 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 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Superintendent to Technical Project Manager -$3,030 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Project Management Specialists as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Project Manager hold one).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Technical Project Manager to Computer Systems Analyst +$8,950 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Computer Systems Analysts as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.77 (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
Computer Systems Analyst to Technical Director -$35,680 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Director hold one).
Side by side
All Media Technical Directors/Managers: Texas median $71,710, $2,810 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Technical Director 77%, Electrical General Foreman 63%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
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); Technical Project Manager: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Project Manager hold one); Technical Director: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Director hold one).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year
B +7.1% Texas, 620 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 / 5-1.21.8 / 5
- Hazardous equipment-2.58Hazardous equipment: A 4.18, B 1.6
- Very hot or cold-2.16Very hot or cold: A 4.21, B 2.05
- Outdoors, all weather-1.86Outdoors, all weather: A 4.43, B 2.57
- Protective gear-1.50Protective gear: A 2.68, B 1.18
- Standing-1.33Standing: A 3.62, B 2.29
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 92%).
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 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 10 years (O*NET: 30%).
B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 49%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Time Management
- Learning Strategies
To build: 1
- Monitoring +0.62
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