Compare A Journeyman Electrician ↔ B Boilermaker
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1 move · +$17,180 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
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Journeyman Electrician to Boilermaker +$17,180 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80.
- Gates: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control
Side by side
All Boilermakers: Texas median $75,750, $17,180 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.
Boilermaker: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.3 times the share for Journeyman Electrician (35%).
This level's pay
A $40.75/h Houston union minimum (IBEW 716), 2026
B No headline record for this level
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
B +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
4.1 / 5-0.93.3 / 5
- Bending or twisting-1.82Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 2.86
- Hazardous conditions-1.41Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 3.18
- Climbing ladders-1.37Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.83
- Keeping balance-1.22Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.63
- Cramped space-1.03Cramped space: A 4.4, B 3.37
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A Texas: Journeyman Electrician license (TDLR): 8,000 hours under a Texas Master Electrician (exam allowed at 7,000) and a TDLR exam.
B No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Quality Control Analysis
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Active Learning
To build: 2
- Operations Monitoring +0.88
- Operation and Control +0.75
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