Compare A Ironworker ↔ B Electrical Project Manager

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No pay difference shown for this route: weatherization Installer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

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Move 1, to Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet.
Move 2, 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 3, 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 Transfer move to the side
Ironworker to Weatherization Installer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Weatherization Installer to Electrical Superintendent
- O*NET lists Construction Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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).
Move 3 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, $49,230 more a year than all Structural Iron and Steel Workers ($52,240), every experience level.

Electrical Project Manager: 74% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.2 times the share for Ironworker (34%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$52,240+$49,230$101,470

Gates on the route: Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet; 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 +3.6% Texas, 850 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

34%+40 pts74%

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

3.4 / 5-0.62.8 / 5

Bending or twisting-1.63Bending or twisting: A 4.13, B 2.5
Kneeling or crawling-1.08Kneeling or crawling: A 3.38, B 2.3
Outdoors, all weather+0.98Outdoors, all weather: A 2.87, B 3.85
Standing-0.77Standing: A 4.37, B 3.6
Walking or running-0.70Walking or running: A 3.65, B 2.95

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 45% 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 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: none (O*NET: 57%).

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: 0

To build: 6

Management of Financial Resources +2.00
Negotiation +1.88
Writing +1.75
Management of Personnel Resources +1.74
Systems Analysis +1.62
Systems Evaluation +1.50

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