Compare A Journeyman Electrician ↔ B Solar Energy Installation Manager

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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
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 B1 step up on Construction electrical
Journeyman Electrician to Electrical Foreman
- Next rung on 'Construction electrical' (Skilled to Lead).
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Coordination, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Solar Energy Installation Manager
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- 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, $15,950 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

Solar Energy Installation Manager: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 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

$58,570+$15,950$74,520

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); 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 +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

35%+27 pts62%

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

4.1 / 5-0.83.3 / 5

Bending or twisting-1.78Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 2.9
Keeping balance-1.52Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.33
Cramped space-1.49Cramped space: A 4.4, B 2.91
Climbing ladders-1.41Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.79
Walking or running-1.05Walking or running: A 4.23, B 3.18

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: 6% 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 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: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

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

Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Complex Problem Solving
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +0.87
Negotiation +0.87
Time Management +0.75
Coordination +0.63
Monitoring +0.63
Reading Comprehension +0.50

Make this your goal

Save Journeyman Electrician 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.