Compare A Pipelayer ↔ B Sheet Metal Worker

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1 move · +$8,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Sheet Metal Worker: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

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Pipelayer to Sheet Metal Worker +$8,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Sheet Metal Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Mathematics, Monitoring

Side by side

All Sheet Metal Workers: Texas median $54,240, $8,620 more a year than all Pipelayers ($45,620), every experience level.

Sheet Metal Worker: 28% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 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+$8,620$54,240

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 +5.3% Texas, 950 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

17%+11 pts28%

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

3.1 / 5-0.22.9 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-2.39Outdoors, all weather: A 4.9, B 2.51
Very hot or cold-1.29Very hot or cold: A 4.17, B 2.88
High places+0.91High places: A 1.31, B 2.22
Climbing ladders-0.85Climbing ladders: A 2.57, B 1.72
Hazardous conditions+0.81Hazardous conditions: A 2.14, B 2.95

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: HVAC duct work is done under a TDLR-licensed A/C contractor; helping with A/C maintenance or repair needs TDLR technician registration. Other sheet metal work: no license at agencies checked.

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: none (O*NET: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Coordination
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making
Speaking

To build: 2

Mathematics +1.00
Monitoring +0.50

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