Chief electrician vs electrician helper

The differences between chief electricians and electrician helpers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a chief electrician and an electrician helper. Additionally, a chief electrician has an average salary of $58,184, which is higher than the $36,733 average annual salary of an electrician helper.

The top three skills for a chief electrician include safety standards, electrical equipment and preventive maintenance. The most important skills for an electrician helper are hand tools, run conduit, and receptacles.

Chief electrician vs electrician helper overview

	Chief Electrician	Electrician Helper
Yearly salary	$58,184	$36,733
Hourly rate	$27.97	$17.66
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	27,170	27,886
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	12	12

Chief electrician vs electrician helper salary

Chief electricians and electrician helpers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Chief Electrician	Electrician Helper
Average salary	$58,184	$36,733
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $82,000	Between $28,000 And $47,000
Highest paying City	-	Sacramento, CA
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Exelon
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between chief electrician and electrician helper education

There are a few differences between a chief electrician and an electrician helper in terms of educational background:

	Chief Electrician	Electrician Helper
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering Technology
Most common college	-	-

Chief electrician vs electrician helper demographics

Here are the differences between chief electricians' and electrician helpers' demographics:

	Chief Electrician	Electrician Helper
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 97.4% Female, 2.6%	Male, 94.4% Female, 5.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.7% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 2.3% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% Asian, 2.2% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between chief electrician and electrician helper duties and responsibilities

Chief electrician example responsibilities.

Service and maintain all air conditioning and refrigeration systems, SCR system, top drive, and mud pumps.
Rig have a Baylor Thyrig 3 SCR system.
Rework and relocatedstarter buckets in MCC change out heaters on starters to propersize need to meet specs for each motor.
Perform Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic maintenance on CNC machinery.
Trace and troubleshoot the component back to the I/O room and back to the Provox.
Perform Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic maintenance on CNC machinery.

Electrician helper example responsibilities.

Manage a team of outside contractors in installing and commissioning a 300HP VFD to environmental equipment to reduce downtime.
Terminate primary and secondary leads of transformers.
Remove, analyze, identify issue install properly working pressure transducers, effectively accomplishing priorities to go underway.
Install, bend and cut PVC and EMT pipe for underground service and fire/alarm systems.
Perform and upgrade electrical installation such as transformers and electric panels and disconnects.
Wire breaker boxes, make taps in junction boxes and install fire alarms

Chief electrician vs electrician helper skills

Common chief electrician skills

Safety Standards, 16%
Electrical Equipment, 16%
Preventive Maintenance, 8%
VAC, 7%
DP, 6%
PLC, 5%

Common electrician helper skills

Hand Tools, 33%
RUN Conduit, 16%
Receptacles, 10%
Ladders, 9%
EMT, 9%
Switches, 4%