Compare A Lighting Technician ↔ B Journeyman Electrician

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1 move · +$5,420 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.

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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.

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $5,420 more a year than all Lighting Technicians ($53,150), every experience level.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $40.75/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+$5,420$58,570

Gates on the route: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.2% Texas, 20 openings a year

B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 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: 1% 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 Texas: Journeyman Electrician license (TDLR): 8,000 hours under a Texas Master Electrician (exam allowed at 7,000) and a TDLR exam.

Experience

A Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

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