Compare A Pipelayer ↔ B Elevator Mechanic

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2 moves · +$56,520 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Instrumentation Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Elevator Mechanic: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Pipelayer to Instrumentation Technician +$12,610 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Instrumentation Technician to Elevator Mechanic +$43,910 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.90 (added because this role had no incoming edge; r >= 0.6 or an O*NET related tier).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Systems Evaluation

Side by side

All Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers: Texas median $102,140, $56,520 more a year than all Pipelayers ($45,620), every experience level.

Elevator Mechanic: 74% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.3 times the share for Pipelayer (17%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$45,620+$56,520$102,140

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +0.2% Texas, 480 openings a year

B +10.2% Texas, 120 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

17%+57 pts74%

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

3.1 / 5+0.63.7 / 5

High places+3.28High places: A 1.31, B 4.59
Hazardous conditions+2.71Hazardous conditions: A 2.14, B 4.85
Outdoors, all weather-1.64Outdoors, all weather: A 4.9, B 3.26
Hazardous equipment+1.18Hazardous equipment: A 3.18, B 4.36
Cramped space+1.15Cramped space: A 3.42, B 4.57

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A Texas: yard water lines and building sewers for 1-2 family homes are plumbing (TSBPE Residential Utilities Installer registration). Utility mains and most private site mains are exempt (1301.053, 1301.059).

B Texas: elevator work must be done under a TDLR-registered elevator contractor with a Responsible Party (3 years' experience); TDLR has no separate mechanic license. No electrician license needed (1305.003(a)(15)).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 19%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 29%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 5

Operation and Control
Reading Comprehension
Coordination
Speaking
Time Management

To build: 6

Equipment Maintenance +1.38
Repairing +1.25
Troubleshooting +1.25
Active Learning +1.12
Systems Analysis +1.12
Systems Evaluation +1.12

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