Compare A Lighting Technician ↔ B Electrical Foreman

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Your route

2 moves · +$21,370 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.
Move 2, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Lighting Technician to Journeyman Electrician +$5,420 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electricians as a related occupation (Primary-Short).
- Gates: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.
Move 2 B1 step up on Construction electrical
Journeyman Electrician to Electrical Foreman +$15,950 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- 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

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: Texas median $74,520, $21,370 more a year than all Lighting Technicians ($53,150), every experience level.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $42.79/h Houston union minimum (IBEW 716), 2026

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

$53,150+$21,370$74,520

Gates on the route: Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license; Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

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

Degree

A Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% 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 Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).

Experience

A Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 0

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