Motor electrician vs apprentice

The differences between motor electricians and apprentices can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a motor electrician and an apprentice. Additionally, a motor electrician has an average salary of $47,301, which is higher than the $37,107 average annual salary of an apprentice.

The top three skills for a motor electrician include electric motors, PLC and control panels. The most important skills for an apprentice are PET, customer service, and basic math.

Motor electrician vs apprentice overview

	Motor Electrician	Apprentice
Yearly salary	$47,301	$37,107
Hourly rate	$22.74	$17.84
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	15,607	13,014
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	12	12

Motor electrician vs apprentice salary

Motor electricians and apprentices have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Motor Electrician	Apprentice
Average salary	$47,301	$37,107
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $66,000	Between $26,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	-	Worcester, MA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Mid-South Management
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between motor electrician and apprentice education

There are a few differences between a motor electrician and an apprentice in terms of educational background:

	Motor Electrician	Apprentice
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	-	-

Motor electrician vs apprentice demographics

Here are the differences between motor electricians' and apprentices' demographics:

	Motor Electrician	Apprentice
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 93.5% Female, 6.5%	Male, 78.4% Female, 21.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.2% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 2.0% White, 71.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 2.2% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between motor electrician and apprentice duties and responsibilities

Motor electrician example responsibilities.

Remove, analyze, identify issue install properly working pressure transducers, effectively accomplishing priorities to go underway.
Wire various size motor control panels with plc control
Trouble shooting of A/C and D/C/ control.
Rig up the new house and wire the entire rig for the new system.
Perform electrical/mechanical maintenance and monitoring of foundry relate equipment including sand mold lines, induction furnaces, and cranes.
Perform electrical/mechanical maintenance and monitoring of foundry relate equipment including sand mold lines, induction furnaces, and cranes.

Apprentice example responsibilities.

Perform services include but not limit to plumbing, roofing, siding, painting, tiling, and electrical work.
Replace asphalt shingles, and other cold application roofs, and built-up roofs and apply caulking materials and membrane waterproofing.
Experience with EPDM & TPO single-ply membrane, fully adhere and mechanically fasten.
Assist journeyman with bending pipe (EMT, PVC & rigid), pulling and installing wire, and terminating panels
Locate and repair leaks in asphalt, asbestos, and slate shingles, tile and built-up roofs and single-ply membranes.
Install and repair electrical equipment such as circuit breakers, conduit systems, fixtures, wall sockets, plugs and switches.

Motor electrician vs apprentice skills

Common motor electrician skills

Electric Motors, 40%
PLC, 35%
Control Panels, 25%

Common apprentice skills

PET, 43%
Customer Service, 28%
Basic Math, 6%
Apprenticeship, 4%
Safety Procedures, 3%
CPR, 1%