Compare A Sheet Metal Worker ↔ B Pipelayer

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2 moves · -$8,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Ironworker: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Pipelayer: license depends on the work (Texas: yard water lines and building sewers for 1-2 family homes are plumbing (TSBPE Residential Utilities Installer registration). Utility mains and most private site mains are exempt (1301.053, 1301.059)).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Sheet Metal Worker to Ironworker -$2,000 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Structural Iron and Steel Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Ironworker to Pipelayer -$6,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Pipelayers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: yard water lines and building sewers for 1-2 family homes are plumbing (TSBPE Residential Utilities Installer registration). Utility mains and most private site mains are exempt (1301.053, 1301.059)).

Side by side

All Pipelayers: Texas median $45,620, $8,620 less a year than all Sheet Metal Workers ($54,240), every experience level.

Sheet Metal Worker: 28% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Pipelayer (17%).

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

$54,240-$8,620$45,620

Gates on the route: Pipelayer: license depends on the work (Texas: yard water lines and building sewers for 1-2 family homes are plumbing (TSBPE Residential Utilities Installer registration). Utility mains and most private site mains are exempt (1301.053, 1301.059)).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +5.3% Texas, 950 openings a year

B +0.2% Texas, 480 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

28%-11 pts17%

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

2.9 / 5+0.23.1 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+2.39Outdoors, all weather: A 2.51, B 4.9
Very hot or cold+1.29Very hot or cold: A 2.88, B 4.17
High places-0.91High places: A 2.22, B 1.31
Climbing ladders+0.85Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 2.57
Hazardous conditions-0.81Hazardous conditions: A 2.95, B 2.14

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 Texas: yard water lines and building sewers for 1-2 family homes are plumbing (TSBPE Residential Utilities Installer registration). Utility mains and most private site mains are exempt (1301.053, 1301.059).

Experience

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

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 19%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Operation and Control
Active Listening
Coordination
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 0

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