Compare A Ironworker ↔ B Lighting Technician

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2 moves · +$910 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Solar PV Installer: license depends on the work (Texas: wiring a PV system on a building or premises is electrical work needing a TDLR electrician license (Apprentice or higher); TDLR lists no solar exemption. Mounting without wiring: not addressed).
Move 2, to Lighting Technician: 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 Solar PV Installer -$4,000 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: wiring a PV system on a building or premises is electrical work needing a TDLR electrician license (Apprentice or higher); TDLR lists no solar exemption. Mounting without wiring: not addressed).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Solar PV Installer to Lighting Technician +$4,910 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Lighting Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Short) (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).

Side by side

All Lighting Technicians: Texas median $53,150, $910 more a year than all Structural Iron and Steel Workers ($52,240), every experience level.

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

$52,240+$910$53,150

Gates on the route: Solar PV Installer: license depends on the work (Texas: wiring a PV system on a building or premises is electrical work needing a TDLR electrician license (Apprentice or higher); TDLR lists no solar exemption. Mounting without wiring: not addressed).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +3.6% Texas, 850 openings a year

B +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

Degree

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

B Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

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 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: none (O*NET: 57%).

B Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 0

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