Compare A Residential Wireman ↔ B Electrical Foreman
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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.
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
Residential Wireman to Journeyman Electrician
- Same O*NET occupation (47-2111.00 Electricians): O*NET lists both job titles under it; same tasks and skills data.
- Gates: Journeyman Electrician (TDLR) license.
Move 2 B1 step up on Construction electrical
Journeyman Electrician to Electrical Foreman
- 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, $15,950 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.
Electrical Foreman: 63% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 times the share for Residential Wireman (35%).
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
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 +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
B +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
4.1 / 5-1.13.0 / 5
- Climbing ladders-2.18Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.02
- Keeping balance-2.04Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 1.81
- Bending or twisting-2.02Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 2.66
- Cramped space-1.99Cramped space: A 4.4, B 2.41
- Hazardous conditions-1.64Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 2.95
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).
License
A Texas: Residential Wireman license (TDLR): 4,000 hours or an approved CTE program, plus an exam. Homes and apartments up to four stories only.
B Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).
B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Learning Strategies
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Learning
To build: 3
- Coordination +0.76
- Negotiation +0.75
- Management of Personnel Resources +0.74
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