Motor electrician vs electrician helper

The differences between motor 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 motor electrician and an electrician helper. Additionally, a motor electrician has an average salary of $47,301, which is higher than the $36,733 average annual salary of an electrician helper.

The top three skills for a motor electrician include electric motors, PLC and control panels. The most important skills for an electrician helper are hand tools, run conduit, and receptacles.

Motor electrician vs electrician helper overview

	Motor Electrician	Electrician Helper
Yearly salary	$47,301	$36,733
Hourly rate	$22.74	$17.66
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	15,607	27,886
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	12	12

Motor electrician vs electrician helper salary

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

	Motor Electrician	Electrician Helper
Average salary	$47,301	$36,733
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $66,000	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 motor electrician and electrician helper education

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

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

Motor electrician vs electrician helper demographics

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

	Motor Electrician	Electrician Helper
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 93.5% Female, 6.5%	Male, 94.4% Female, 5.6%
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, 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 motor electrician and electrician helper 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.

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

Motor electrician vs electrician helper skills

Common motor electrician skills

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

Common electrician helper skills

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