Compare A Solar Energy Installation Manager ↔ B Electrical Apprentice
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No pay difference shown for this route: electrical Apprentice: All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Move 2, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Solar Energy Installation Manager 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 = 0.87.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Side by side
Solar Energy Installation Manager: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 times the share for Electrical Apprentice (35%).
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $18.34 to $34.64/h Houston apprenticeship scale (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
All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year
B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.3 / 5+0.84.1 / 5
- Bending or twisting+1.78Bending or twisting: A 2.9, B 4.68
- Keeping balance+1.52Keeping balance: A 2.33, B 3.85
- Cramped space+1.49Cramped space: A 2.91, B 4.4
- Climbing ladders+1.41Climbing ladders: A 2.79, B 4.2
- Walking or running+1.05Walking or running: A 3.18, B 4.23
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 6% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).
License
A No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license.
B Texas: Electrical Apprentice license (TDLR) before doing any electrical work. No experience or exam; $20 online application, renewed yearly.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 26%).
B To start: no experience and no exam for the Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Quality Control Analysis
To build: 5
- Troubleshooting +1.50
- Repairing +1.38
- Installation +1.37
- Equipment Maintenance +0.88
- Equipment Selection +0.75
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