Compare A Warehouse Worker ↔ B Ironworker
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2 moves · +$14,700 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Construction Laborer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 2, to Ironworker: 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
Warehouse Worker to Construction Laborer +$3,080 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Entry station closest in skills: O*NET lists Construction Laborers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.56.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Operation and Control, Speaking
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Construction Laborer to Ironworker +$11,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Structural Iron and Steel Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.81.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Judgment and Decision Making, Operations Monitoring, Time Management
Side by side
All Structural Iron and Steel Workers: Texas median $52,240, $14,700 more a year than all Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand ($37,540), every experience level.
Warehouse Worker: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Ironworker (34%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +13.1% Texas, 31,990 openings a year
B +3.6% Texas, 850 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+0.43.4 / 5
- High places+1.91High places: A 1.83, B 3.74
- Climbing ladders+1.52Climbing ladders: A 1.55, B 3.07
- Kneeling or crawling+1.44Kneeling or crawling: A 1.94, B 3.38
- Outdoors, all weather-1.43Outdoors, all weather: A 4.3, B 2.87
- Bending or twisting+0.86Bending or twisting: A 3.27, B 4.13
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 Outside occupation (starting point); its own licensing is not assessed here.
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 Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed (O*NET).
B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 57%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 2
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
To build: 4
- Operation and Control +0.88
- Operations Monitoring +0.88
- Judgment and Decision Making +0.62
- Critical Thinking +0.50
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