Compare A Sheet Metal Worker ↔ 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 Electrical Assembler: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Production Supervisor: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Sheet Metal Worker to Electrical Assembler
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Assembler to Production Supervisor
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Production Supervisor to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: Texas median $74,520, $20,280 more a year than all Sheet Metal Workers ($54,240), every experience level.

Electrical Foreman: 63% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.2 times the share for Sheet Metal Worker (28%).

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

$54,240+$20,280$74,520

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +5.3% Texas, 950 openings a year

B +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

28%+35 pts63%

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

2.9 / 5+0.13.0 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.92Outdoors, all weather: A 2.51, B 4.43
Very hot or cold+1.33Very hot or cold: A 2.88, B 4.21
Standing-1.22Standing: A 4.84, B 3.62
Bending or twisting-1.08Bending or twisting: A 3.74, B 2.66
High places+0.62High places: A 2.22, B 2.84

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: 10% 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 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: none (O*NET: 47%).

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 5

Judgment and Decision Making
Complex Problem Solving
Active Learning
Instructing
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.00
Negotiation +0.88
Persuasion +0.88
Coordination +0.76
Active Listening +0.75
Speaking +0.75

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