Compare A Senior Electrical Engineer ↔ B Industrial Engineer

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Your route

2 moves · -$24,890 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Engineering Manager: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Industrial Engineer: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).

Move 1 M4 step up on Electrical engineering
Senior Electrical Engineer to Electrical Engineering Manager +$41,920 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Electrical engineering' (Senior to Top).
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Engineering Manager to Industrial Engineer -$66,810 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Industrial Engineers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.91 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).

Side by side

All Industrial Engineers: Texas median $104,560, $24,890 less a year than all Electrical Engineers ($129,450), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Industrial Engineer 80%, Senior Electrical Engineer 58%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $101,314 a year H-1B filings, n = 42, TX+AZ, 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

$129,450-$24,890$104,560

Gates on the route: Electrical Engineering Manager: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Industrial Engineer: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.0% Texas, 1,060 openings a year

B +20.3% Texas, 2,390 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

58%+22 pts80%

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

2.0 / 5-0.21.8 / 5

Climbing ladders-0.59Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 1.13
Outdoors, all weather-0.45Outdoors, all weather: A 2.21, B 1.76
High places-0.37High places: A 1.81, B 1.44
Hazardous equipment+0.37Hazardous equipment: A 2.18, B 2.55
Very hot or cold-0.33Very hot or cold: A 2.39, B 2.06

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 89%).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 74%).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

B Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 42%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Writing

To build: 0

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