Compare A Plumber ↔ B Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor)

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Your route

3 moves · +$43,390 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 3, to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Plumber to Journeyman Electrician -$1,270 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) +$28,710 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists General and Operations Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license).
- Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Social Perceptiveness

Side by side

All General and Operations Managers: Texas median $103,230, $43,390 more a year than all Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters ($59,840), every experience level.

Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): 70% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.6 times the share for Plumber (27%).

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

$59,840+$43,390$103,230

Gates on the route: Journeyman Electrician: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license; Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor): license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +8.9% Texas, 4,220 openings a year

B +14.5% Texas, 43,030 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

27%+43 pts70%

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

3.7 / 5-1.91.8 / 5

Cramped space-2.61Cramped space: A 3.8, B 1.19
Hazardous equipment-2.55Hazardous equipment: A 3.91, B 1.36
High places-2.47High places: A 3.78, B 1.31
Climbing ladders-2.43Climbing ladders: A 3.75, B 1.32
Protective gear-2.37Protective gear: A 3.55, B 1.18

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: 28% do).

License

A Texas: Journeyman Plumber license (TSBPE): 8,000 hours as a registered apprentice, a 48-hour course or DOL apprenticeship, and an exam. Tradesman Plumber-Limited (4,000 hours) covers 1-2 family homes.

B No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 57%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 24%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 2

Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation

To build: 6

Negotiation +1.50
Persuasion +1.37
Management of Personnel Resources +1.25
Management of Material Resources +1.24
Active Listening +1.12
Management of Financial Resources +1.12

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