Compare A Ironworker ↔ B Solar Energy Installation 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 Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).

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 Solar Energy Installation Manager
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).

Side by side

All Solar Energy Installation Managers: Texas median $74,520, $22,280 more a year than all Structural Iron and Steel Workers ($52,240), every experience level.

Solar Energy Installation Manager: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 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+$22,280$74,520

Gates on the route: Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet; Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +3.6% Texas, 850 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

34%+28 pts62%

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

3.4 / 5-0.13.3 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.55Outdoors, all weather: A 2.87, B 4.42
Bending or twisting-1.23Bending or twisting: A 4.13, B 2.9
Hazardous conditions+0.80Hazardous conditions: A 2.93, B 3.73
Protective gear-0.65Protective gear: A 3.47, B 2.82
Kneeling or crawling-0.60Kneeling or crawling: A 3.38, B 2.78

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: 6% 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 solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 57%).

B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 26%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Judgment and Decision Making
Complex Problem Solving
Quality Control Analysis
Active Learning
Learning Strategies
Operations Monitoring

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.37
Persuasion +1.26
Negotiation +1.12
Systems Analysis +1.00
Systems Evaluation +1.00
Writing +1.00

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Save Ironworker to Solar Energy Installation Manager as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 6 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.