Compare A Sheet Metal Worker ↔ B Boilermaker

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1 move · +$21,510 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

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Sheet Metal Worker to Boilermaker +$21,510 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84.
- Gates: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control

Side by side

All Boilermakers: Texas median $75,750, $21,510 more a year than all Sheet Metal Workers ($54,240), every experience level.

Boilermaker: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.8 times the share for Sheet Metal Worker (28%).

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

$54,240+$21,510$75,750

Gates on the route: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +5.3% Texas, 950 openings a year

B +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

28%+52 pts80%

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

2.9 / 5+0.33.3 / 5

Very hot or cold+1.33Very hot or cold: A 2.88, B 4.21
Climbing ladders+1.11Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 2.83
Bending or twisting-0.88Bending or twisting: A 3.74, B 2.86
High places+0.84High places: A 2.22, B 3.06
Outdoors, all weather+0.76Outdoors, all weather: A 2.51, B 3.27

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: 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.

B No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 47%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Equipment Maintenance
Repairing
Troubleshooting
Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 2

Operations Monitoring +1.12
Operation and Control +0.87

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