Helpers--Electricians

Site and environment | Construction in progress and building interiors are the main workplaces; often working in narrow or elevated spaces and in ceilings and pipe shafts (O*NET work context and task scope, same below) → Protection and exposure | Exposure to hazardous equipment is common (51% every day); exposure to contaminants is common (55% every day); exposure to machinery and power tool noise is common; exposure to hand tool vibration → Physical stamina and posture | Long periods of standing (62% standing continually or almost continually); often working in narrow or elevated spaces and in ceilings and pipe shafts; moderate physical proximity (35% within arm's length, 22% slightly close) → Communication and collaboration | Close collaboration with electricians and colleagues (56% continuous contact with others); frequent face-to-face discussions (89% every day) → Precision and responsibility | High precision and coordination requirements (56% extremely important); relatively serious consequences of error (17% extremely serious, 22% very serious); relatively high responsibility for others' health and safety (37% extremely high responsibility, 20% high responsibility) → Progress and pace | Constrained by project schedules and process interfaces; process interfaces and schedules bring time pressure (19% every day, 52% once a week or more); the pace is determined by the electrician and process progress → Decision making and equipment | High decision frequency (65% every day); cutting and stripping and hand-held power tools and test instruments → Scheduling and site | Schedules are mostly regular (80% regular, 20% irregular); work is mainly team-based; the work schedule is mostly regular, becoming irregular with weather and schedules (80% regular, 20% irregular) → Digitalization | Relatively little use of email and mobile communication; materials and work hours records and project communication applications

Records and collaboration notes | Start from the construction task sheet and electrical drawings and material list, first checking the project location and drawing number and circuit number, wire and conduit and distribution equipment specifications, stripping and wiring and terminals, measuring and cutting and bending, de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout, working at height and in ceilings and pipe shafts, material handling and counting, and post-work cleaning and restoration, then assist with the work according to electrician and process requirements and hand over by shift. Matters involving live work and height and machinery and cutting and confined spaces must be carried out according to qualifications and policy, and traceable material and work and test records must be retained.

BLS wage scope presented by O*NET | This page corresponds to O*NET/SOC 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians). It must be stated faithfully: the 2025 U.S. wages presented by O*NET on the 47-3013.00 page are a median hourly wage of $20.51 / median annual wage of $42,670 (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope); in the distribution, the 10th percentile is an hourly wage of $15.88 and an annual wage of $33,020, the 25th percentile is an hourly wage of $17.71 and an annual wage of $36,830, the 75th percentile is an hourly wage of $23.30 and an annual wage of $48,470, and the 90th percentile is an hourly wage of $28.05 and an annual wage of $58,340, all taken from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS 2025, as presented by O*NET); that page does not mark the data as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation, so it is presented according to this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope; production incentive bonuses are included, benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded, and the median is not an entry-level starting wage. Mainland China has not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to this occupation, and this page registers the gap according to the evidence policy rather than filling it in.

Task sheet and drawing checking → Materials and selection and moving → De-energization and voltage verification and isolation → Measuring and cutting and stripping → Wiring and inspection and fastening → Cleaning and restoration and records and handover

Mainland China scope and gaps | Mainland China has positions in electrical installation and servicing and building mechanical and electrical field similar to Helpers--Electricians (such as electrical installer, building electrician assistant, low-voltage electrician assistant, and mechanical and electrical installer), and their work and de-energization and voltage verification and height and edges and machinery and cutting and electrical and safety and occupational health and records are governed by the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and related regulations and standards on special operations (low-voltage electrical work, etc.) and occupational health and environmental protection. However, the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category and does not distinguish occupations, and public occupational statistics have not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians); this page retains the search scope and the gap, and does not infer starting pay, take-home income, or personal quotations from industry averages, recruitment offers, or U.S. data.

Safety and compliance notes | Organize work according to building construction safety and electrical safety and de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout and height and edge and machinery and cutting and occupational health and record requirements: measuring and stripping and wiring and fastening and testing must be consistent with drawings and procedures and current standards and must indicate sources and limitations, and must not replace electrical safety testing, energization acceptance, or safety permit requirements; operations involving live work and working at height and in ceilings and pipe shafts and machinery and cutting must be handled with work permits and personal protection as required; the collection and use and external provision of project and power supplier and manufacturer drawings and technical materials must have a lawful basis, be limited to the minimum necessary scope, and be approved and documented according to policy.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Accepting the task and checking drawings → Materials and selection and moving → De-energization and voltage verification and isolation → Measuring and processing and stripping → Wiring and fastening and inspection → Testing and troubleshooting and cleaning and restoration and records

Standards and quality boundaries | This page involves three types of requirements: first, technical and quality — measuring and stripping and wiring and fastening and testing must be performed according to drawings and procedures and current standards with material and work records kept; second, safety and occupational health — de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout and live work and height and edges and machinery and cutting and personal protection must meet work safety and special operations and occupational health requirements; third, environment and civilized construction — the disposal of wire scraps and waste and dust and noise must meet environmental protection and civilized construction requirements; all three are governed by the currently effective version and the requirements of the competent authority and the enterprise.

Records and collaboration | According to the enterprise's construction and quality and safety management systems, record task sheets, materials and specifications and usage, measuring and cutting and stripping and wiring, de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout, testing and inspection and cleaning and restoration, anomalies and rework and outstanding items and shift handover and original records and revision trail, and check locations and circuits with electricians and crews and material and safety personnel; anomalies must be isolated and reported promptly.

Boundary conclusion | This page corresponds to O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians), and the core difference from adjacent positions lies in "subject matter and outputs and authorization level": this occupation takes wire and conduit and distribution and electrical equipment and on-site coordination as its subject matter, produces assisted work completed according to drawings and procedures (materials and measuring and cutting and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning) together with traceable material and work records, completes work within the scope of the electrician's and job authorization based on electrical coordination and tool and site ability, and is responsible for work safety and process quality and site order; electricians produce independent design layout and installation and energization and acceptance, helpers--carpenters produce carpentry coordination, and helpers--pipelayers produce piping coordination, with different responsibility and authorization levels.

Core concept of adjacent positions | Most positions in the same group and adjacent positions aim to "complete electrical or carpentry or piping or roofing work to the specified quality within drawing and procedure and safety requirements and keep records", with differences in subject matter and outputs and authorization level: some take electrical installation and servicing as the subject matter, and some take carpentry or piping or roofing or on-site assistance as the subject matter.

Core purpose of this occupation | Taking wire and conduit and distribution and electrical equipment and drawings and procedures as the subject matter, complete work within the scope of the electrician and safety and authorization: materials and selection and moving, measuring and cutting and stripping, wiring and fastening and inspection, short circuit troubleshooting and testing, cleaning and restoration and records, producing procedure-conforming assisted work and traceable records.

Main subject matter and basis of adjacent positions | Electricians rely on electrical design codes and installation and energization procedures; helpers--carpenters rely on carpentry and formwork processes; helpers--pipelayers rely on piping and fittings procedures; helpers--painters and plasterers rely on painting and plastering processes; helpers--roofers rely on roofing and waterproofing processes. Most of them take independent installation and servicing or carpentry or piping or painting or roofing as the subject matter, which differs from this occupation's on-site electrical coordination.

Main subject matter and basis of this occupation | Taking the project location and drawing number and circuit number, wire and conduit and distribution equipment specifications, stripping and wiring and terminals, measuring and cutting and bending, de-energization and voltage verification and isolation, working at height and in ceilings and pipe shafts, material handling and counting, and cleaning and restoration requirements as the subject matter, complete coordination and judgments according to drawings and procedures and current standards and work safety and special operations and occupational health requirements.

Occupational profile | The Helpers--Electricians on this page is the exact occupation O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians), and takes on on-site coordination tasks such as materials and measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning in the electrical crews of building construction and municipal and industrial installation and mechanical and electrical and equipment servicing projects; the work is mainly on-site physical and wire and tool coordination, accompanied by handling and counting and testing and records and collaboration, often performed amid dust and contaminants and noise and elevated and narrow conditions, and organized according to project processes and outage windows and schedules.

Core processes of adjacent positions | Electricians focus on independent installation and servicing and energization; helpers--carpenters focus on carpentry cutting and positioning coordination; helpers--pipelayers focus on pipe cutting and connection coordination; helpers--painters and plasterers focus on surface preparation and material mixing coordination; this occupation focuses on electrical measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning coordination.

Core processes of this occupation | Accepting the task and checking drawings, materials and selection and moving, de-energization and voltage verification and isolation, measuring and cutting and stripping, wiring and fastening and inspection, testing and troubleshooting and cleaning and restoration and records and handover; each step must be performed according to drawings and procedures and the electrician's instructions and be reviewable by electricians and quality control and safety personnel.

Main outputs of adjacent positions | Electricians produce electrical installation and servicing and energization and acceptance records; helpers--carpenters produce carpentry coordination work and records; helpers--pipelayers produce piping coordination work and records; helpers--painters and plasterers produce painting and plastering coordination work and records; these differ from this occupation's electrical coordination work and material and work records.

Main outputs of this occupation | Assisted work completed according to drawings and procedures (measured and cut and stripped wire and conduit, wired and fastened terminals, troubleshot and inspected circuits, cleaned and restored locations), material and work and test records, usage and leftover and rework records, anomaly and outstanding item records, and traceable shift and handover records.

Responsible parties of adjacent positions | Responsibility for positions in the same group and adjacent positions is usually defined by the affiliated enterprise and construction and safety and quality systems, and the objects of responsibility are mostly electrical safety and installation quality and personal safety and schedules.

This occupation is responsible for its own measuring and stripping and wiring and fastening and inspection and cleaning and records, and for the assisted work performed according to drawings and procedures and safety requirements; matters involving live work and energization acceptance, working at height, machinery and cutting, and major quality and safety matters must be referred to the appropriate position or organization according to qualifications and job authorization and policy.

Authority and approval of adjacent positions | The authority of positions in the same group and adjacent positions comes from enterprise authorization and construction and safety and professional specifications, and usually does not include the authority to decide on electrical design or circuit changes or energization or major dispositions; matters involving design changes and electrical safety testing and special operations and major rework should be transferred to the appropriate position or organization.

Authority and approval of this occupation | Daily measuring and cutting and stripping and wiring and fastening and inspection and cleaning must be carried out within the scope of the electrician and job authorization and procedures; matters involving live work and energization and design or circuit changes and major rework must be carried out according to policy and qualifications; matters involving low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications and work permits are governed by the requirements of the competent authority and the enterprise.

Conclusion boundaries of adjacent positions | Conclusions of positions in the same group and adjacent positions are mostly limited to this process or this circuit level and usually do not constitute a determination of electrical safety or energization acceptance or legal liability; conclusions that cross disciplines or involve electrical safety and major safety have limits on their applicability.

Conclusion boundaries of this occupation | Measuring and wiring and inspection and testing conclusions state only verifiable test data and work content and results, and distinguish measured facts from judgment inferences and items to be verified; conclusions on matters beyond one's own qualifications (electrical safety testing conclusions, energization acceptance, accident determinations) must not be issued in one's own name.

Pre-onboarding checklist notes | The following six items are used to check off one by one before applying and onboarding, to avoid inferring actual duties and authorization from the job title or promotional language; the check results should be based on written recruitment information and the employment contract and job description and construction and safety system documents, and should be continuously confirmed after onboarding. This page only lists checklist points and does not constitute a hiring or safety conclusion.

Checklist point notes | Job titles are similar but duties and authorization differ greatly: some focus on materials and measuring and stripping, some on wiring and inspection and troubleshooting, some on specific projects (building construction or municipal or industrial installation or equipment servicing), and some also cover live work and height and machinery coordination; different enterprises and jurisdictions have different requirements for special operations and electrician qualifications and safety, so check first and then judge fit.

01 Actual job duties and work and site authority | Check whether you truly take on on-site coordination such as measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and troubleshooting, or mainly handling and cleaning and assistance; check the project types and locations you can take part in (building construction or municipal or industrial or equipment servicing), the authority to use tools and test instruments and machinery, the authority to take part in live work and de-energization and voltage verification and isolation, and the interface relationships with electricians and crews and material and safety personnel.

Checklist point notes | This occupation often works amid dust and contaminants and noise and elevated and narrow conditions and involves live work risk, and usually requires training in safety and de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout and height and machinery and cutting and occupational health, and compliance with personal protection and emergency response requirements.

02 Safety and occupational health and live work and height and machinery requirements | Check whether the enterprise requires and provides: safety operating procedures and de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout training; live work and working-at-height and machinery and cutting operation permit requirements; personal protection and emergency response and electric shock first aid drills; requirements for the disposal and reporting of wire scraps and waste and dust and noise; and requirements for identifying and reporting electrical safety and site hazards.

Checklist point notes | U.S. O*NET places 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians) in Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed), with an SVP range of below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0); the education section shows 71% requiring a high school diploma or equivalent, 13% requiring a post-secondary certificate, and 11% below a high school diploma (the page does not account for the remaining 5%); growth is labeled Little or no change (0%) and Bright Outlook is not marked; in the United States preparation for this occupation is usually short-term on-the-job training and mentor-based training, or vocational school training and electrical registered apprenticeship.

03 Education and training and apprenticeship and electrician qualification requirements | Check whether vocational school training or on-the-job experience or registered apprenticeship is required (that page's Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) and SVP below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)); whether mentor-based training or electrical registered apprenticeship is provided; whether low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height and machinery operation qualifications or in-house enterprise training and assessment are required; and whether the training and assessment cover measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and troubleshooting and safety and emergency response.

Checklist point notes | This occupation is mainly decision making and inspection and physical activity and information processing (making decisions and solving problems 88 and inspecting equipment 84 and performing general physical activities 82 and processing information 81 are the highest activities; exposure to hazardous equipment and contaminants and noise is common, decision frequency is high, precision requirements are high, consequences of error are relatively serious, and responsibility for others' health and safety is relatively high), so the site environment and physical and safety tolerance must be included in the check.

04 Pay, working hours, and employment contract scope | Check the composition of the offered pay (base wage, overtime and rush work and height and live work allowances, piece rate and crew performance, differences by region and enterprise and project, social insurance and housing fund and labor protection and protective equipment and board and lodging arrangements), working hours and scheduling and project site mobility and outage window arrangements, contract term and probation and termination conditions, and training and qualification and promotion arrangements; the U.S.-scope median and percentiles serve only as market reference and are not equal to the offer of any enterprise or region.

Checklist point notes | The interface relationships with electricians and crews and projects and material suppliers and power suppliers and safety parties determine the boundaries of measuring and wiring and energization and acceptance and authorization and responsibility and disclosure, and must be clarified in advance.

05 Interfaces with electricians and crews and projects | Check the authority to confirm and adjust materials and circuits and wiring, the arrangements for applying for and using and reviewing tools and test instruments and machinery, the path for measuring and wiring and testing and nonconforming or rework items, and the requirements for handling and externally providing project and power supplier and manufacturer drawings and technical materials.

Checklist point notes | The traceability and record-keeping requirements for task sheets and materials and measuring and wiring and testing and break points and anomalies determine quality and responsibility definition, and the specifications for templates and time limits and modification and archiving and authority and retention periods must be clarified in advance (materials involving project and power supplier and manufacturer technical materials must also be managed under confidentiality and minimum necessity requirements).

06 Materials and wiring and cleaning and record requirements | Check the requirements for task sheet records, material and specification and usage records, measuring and cutting and stripping and wiring records, de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout records, testing and inspection and cleaning and restoration records, leftover material and rework records, anomaly and outstanding item records, and work permits and shift handover and original records and revision trail.

Conclusion | The core difference between this page (O*NET 47-3013.00 Helpers--Electricians) and adjacent positions lies in "subject matter and outputs and authorization level": this occupation takes wire and conduit and distribution and electrical equipment and on-site coordination as its subject matter, producing assisted work completed according to drawings and procedures together with traceable material and work records; electricians and helpers--carpenters and helpers--pipelayers and helpers--painters and plasterers focus on their own subject matter, with different outputs and authorization levels.

Evidence note | The comparison objects in the table below come from the O*NET occupational classification and public materials, and are used to help distinguish the work content of adjacent occupations and choose a fit; they do not constitute qualification, hiring, or pay conclusions, nor electrical safety, special operations, or legal advice. The wages and employment of each occupation must be checked according to its own occupational code and statistical scope and cannot be applied to one another.

Preface | The following comparison is presented in four columns: "career direction — core work and outputs — key differences — what it suits better". Electrical and carpentry and piping and painting and roofing positions often connect within the same project and process, but connection does not mean they are interchangeable; each position differs in subject matter, materials, qualifications, and responsibility boundaries and must be checked separately.

Key difference: this occupation takes wire and conduit and distribution and electrical equipment and on-site coordination as its subject matter, completing measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning within the scope of the electrician and job authorization based on electrical coordination and tool and site ability, and is responsible for work safety and process quality and site order; adjacent positions take independent electrical installation or carpentry or piping or painting or roofing as their subject matter, with different specialties and authorization.

Better suited to people who are willing to work hands-on around wire and tools and the site, can do measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection solidly according to the electrician and drawings and procedures, and take responsibility for work safety and process quality.

Core work and outputs: selecting tools and materials from storage and delivering them to the site, measuring and cutting and bending wire and conduit, stripping insulation from wire ends and connecting them to terminals, checking for loose connections and damaged insulation and tightening, using test instruments to troubleshoot short circuits, and maintaining tools and vehicles and equipment; the outputs are assisted work completed according to drawings and procedures together with material and work records.

This occupation: Helpers--Electricians (O*NET/SOC 47-3013.00, Helpers--Electricians)

Key difference: it takes independent electrical installation and servicing and energization as the subject matter, producing electrical installation and acceptance records; this occupation takes on-site coordination as the subject matter, with a different authorization level.

Better suited to people who are willing to independently take on electrical design layout and installation and energization; this occupation is more oriented toward on-site coordination of materials and measuring and stripping and wiring.

Core work and outputs: taking the design layout and independent installation and servicing and energization and acceptance of electrical systems as the subject matter, producing electrical installation and servicing and energization and acceptance records.

Electricians (Electricians, 47-2111.00)

Key difference: it takes carpentry coordination as the subject matter, producing carpentry coordination work and records; this occupation takes electrical coordination as the subject matter, with different materials and specialties.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in on-site carpentry coordination; this occupation is more oriented toward electrical coordination of wire and conduit and wiring.

Core work and outputs: taking the cutting and positioning and fastening coordination of lumber and panels and formwork and shoring as the subject matter, producing carpentry coordination work and records.

Helpers--Carpenters (Helpers--Carpenters, 47-3012.00)

Key difference: it takes piping coordination as the subject matter, producing piping coordination work and records; this occupation takes electrical coordination as the subject matter, with different materials and specialties.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in on-site piping coordination; this occupation is more oriented toward electrical coordination of wire and conduit and wiring.

Core work and outputs: taking the cutting and connection and laying coordination of pipes and fittings and trenches as the subject matter, producing piping coordination work and records.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters, 47-3015.00)

Key difference: it takes painting and plastering coordination as the subject matter, producing painting and plastering coordination work and records; this occupation takes electrical coordination as the subject matter, with different materials and specialties.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in painting and plastering coordination; this occupation is more oriented toward electrical coordination of wire and conduit and wiring.

Core work and outputs: taking surface preparation and material mixing coordination for painting and paperhanging and plastering as the subject matter, producing painting and plastering coordination work and records.

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons (Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons, 47-3014.00)

Key difference: it takes roofing coordination as the subject matter, producing roofing coordination work and records; this occupation takes electrical coordination as the subject matter, with different materials and specialties.

Better suited to people who are willing to engage in on-site roofing coordination; this occupation is more oriented toward electrical coordination of wire and conduit and wiring.

Core work and outputs: taking the handling and laying coordination of roofing and waterproofing and insulation materials as the subject matter, producing roofing coordination work and records.

Helpers--Roofers (Helpers--Roofers, 47-3016.00)

Transition | This page places adjacent positions side by side by "subject matter and outputs and authorization level" in order to help you judge which kind of electrical or carpentry or piping or painting or roofing position you want to invest in long term. Whichever direction you choose, what really determines whether you can take the job is the material and process and safety and qualification ability of that direction, together with the target enterprise's and jurisdiction's requirements for training and special operations and qualifications; wages and employment must be checked according to each occupation's own code and statistical scope and cannot be applied to one another.

Entry and job-shadowing stage

Apply digital tools to reversible supporting steps: organizing task sheets and material ledgers, retrieving drawings and circuits, entering usage and test readings; de-energization and voltage verification and wiring and safety judgments are governed by the electrician and authorization.

Independent coordination position

Use materials and work hours records and project communication applications for usage and progress and handover records; measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning judgments remain the responsibility of the person according to procedures.

Skilled and specialist position

Use tools for multi-location and circuit and material and usage data aggregation and analysis; complex and controlled matters (live work and energization and electrical safety and special operations) are confirmed by the person together with electricians or safety personnel.

Team leader and site management position

Use tools for quality and safety and materials and cost and progress statistics and reports and knowledge management; major conclusions and design or circuit changes and external disclosure must be manually approved and documented.

Editorial task judgment | Trials of task sheets, material lists, and record drafts may be conducted in an approved environment, manually checking the original information and on-site criteria. No evidence has been obtained on this occupation's generative AI adoption rate, measured efficiency gains, exposure level, or employment causality, and it is not guaranteed that the occupation as a whole will not be substituted. O*NET lists 5 software skill categories; the hot technologies page lists only Excel and Office as U.S. 2025 recruitment skills, with all shares not provided; CAD, record, and reporting software directories do not prove general use, and Outlook is not listed on the current hot technologies page; AI adoption or efficiency gains are not inferred. The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

O*NET 47-3013.00 detailed information (tasks and work activities)

Used to define this occupation's task scope and work context (stripping insulation from wire ends with wire strippers and connecting conductors to terminals, using test instruments to troubleshoot short circuits in wiring, measuring and cutting and bending wire and conduit with measuring instruments and hand tools, checking electrical equipment for loose connections and damaged insulation and tightening connections with hand tools, and maintaining tools and vehicles and equipment; making decisions and solving problems 88, inspecting equipment 84, performing general physical activities 82, processing information 81); U.S. occupational classification scope, and it does not cover mainland China's special operations regulations.

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS 2025)

Used for point-in-time estimates of U.S. wages and percentiles; this page takes the occupation's own scope as presented by O*NET on the 47-3013.00 page, and does not call it an adjacent occupation's value.

BLS employment projections (2025—2035)

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

O*NET 47-3013.00 hot technologies (software skills)

O*NET lists 5 software skill categories; the hot technologies page lists only Excel and Office as U.S. 2025 recruitment skills, with all shares not provided; CAD, record, and reporting software directories do not prove general use, and Outlook is not listed on the current hot technologies page; AI adoption or efficiency gains are not inferred.

ILO research on the occupational exposure index of generative AI and employment

Used to understand the mechanism by which technology affects data and document and information tasks; the research objects are mainly broad occupational groups and it does not predict changes to individual positions in this occupation.

NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)

Used for general principles of governance and risk control; it is not an electrical or special operations or safety or legal standard.

O*NET 47-3013.00 work context (tasks and environment and safety)

Used to explain this occupation's work and safety characteristics (exposure to hazardous equipment and contaminants and noise is common, high decision frequency, high precision requirements, relatively serious consequences of error, relatively high responsibility for others' health and safety, and constraints from processes and schedules and outage windows).

Difference preface | Below, adjacent positions are compared by "what AI and automation mainly change / what people remain responsible for". The conclusion is consistent: what equipment and systems can enhance is task sheets and usage and materials and progress and knowledge retrieval; on-site measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and de-energization and voltage verification and safety responsibility always rest with personnel holding the corresponding qualifications and authorization. Technical feasibility, whether an enterprise adopts it (which depends on live work and special operations and building construction safety requirements), and job outcomes must be judged separately.

Task sheets and material ledgers and usage readings and progress drafts can be handled by equipment and systems

On-site measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and safety and process responsibility

Multi-location and circuit and material and usage data aggregation and statistics can be accelerated by tools

Design or circuit changes and energization and acceptance and external disclosure decisions

Drawing and circuit and procedure knowledge retrieval and drafts can be generated by tools

Content evidence and safety and quality review and energization responsibility

Evidence preface | Citation rules: cite only sources that can support the claims on this page; indicate the jurisdiction, period, statistical scope, and whether it is the 47-3013.00 own scope; general research focused on broad occupational groups must not be used to infer changes to individual positions in this occupation; a technology list does not mean adoption; a mention of material and progress tools does not mean a transfer of responsibility.

Occupational-level description, not an automation rate or risk rating

O*NET 47-3013.00 detailed information

Tasks and work context are occupational-level descriptions showing high decision making and inspection and high safety responsibility characteristics

Tasks and context support on-site work and coordination responsibility, and cannot be used to prove overall resistance to substitution, enterprise adoption, or efficiency gains.

Not applicable to other jurisdictions; the median is not the starting wage

BLS OEWS (2025, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope)

Point-in-time sample estimate of U.S. wages

May2025 precise 47-3013.00 median annual wage $42,670, hourly wage $20.51; this is not a Chinese wage or a starting wage.

A projection, not actual hires; openings consist mainly of replacement needs

BLS employment projections (2025—2035, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope)

The projection includes growth and replacement needs

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

A technology mention is not equal to adoption or degree of automation

O*NET 47-3013.00 hot technologies (software skills)

O*NET lists 5 software skill categories; the hot technologies page lists only Excel and Office as U.S. 2025 recruitment skills, with all shares not provided; CAD, record, and reporting software directories do not prove general use, and Outlook is not listed on the current hot technologies page; AI adoption or efficiency gains are not inferred.

Ordinary software and generative AI are kept separate; a directory or recruitment mention does not prove adoption or effect and does not transfer on-site responsibility.

It is not an electrical or special operations or safety or legal standard

NIST AI RMF 1.0

General AI risk governance framework

Adopting generative tools and automated data organization and digital records requires clarifying responsibility ownership, safety and quality review and result verification, and fallback plans

Technical feasibility: a task may be technically reachable by equipment or a system; this is only a feasibility judgment and does not mean it is permitted to be used, nor that it has been adopted by an enterprise.

Enterprise and regulatory adoption: whether to introduce it depends on live work and special operations and building construction safety requirements and on enterprise construction and safety management systems; responsibility for work and personal safety cannot be transferred by introducing a system.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

There is no evidence to determine the year the occupation will disappear, nor can it be guaranteed that it will never be eliminated. The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

O*NET tasks; not a substitution forecast

O*NET lists 5 software skill categories; the hot technologies page lists only Excel and Office as U.S. 2025 recruitment skills, with all shares not provided; CAD, record, and reporting software directories do not prove general use, and Outlook is not listed on the current hot technologies page; AI adoption or efficiency gains are not inferred. A tool list does not prove that all positions require no programming, and actual equipment and hiring requirements are checked separately.

U.S. 2025 job posting skill mentions

Editorial assistance assumption | Material retrieval, task sheet organizing, and record drafts can be trialed; the effect must be actually verified, and adoption cannot be inferred from a software directory.

O*NET tasks; editorial assistance assumption

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

BLS2025—2035 projection

Cannot be taken on by itself. On-site measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and de-energization and voltage verification and isolation are the responsibility of personnel and enterprises holding the corresponding experience and authorization; systems can assist with testing and record data as configured, but measurement criteria and wiring and energization and safety judgments must be set and confirmed by people.

NIST general governance; specific qualifications to be checked separately

There is no evidence to determine the year the occupation will disappear, nor can it be guaranteed that it will never be eliminated. The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

BLS projection; no disappearance year inferred

Priority should be given to mastering measuring and cutting and bending and stripping and wiring and terminal fastening, short circuit troubleshooting and testing, de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout, height and edge and machinery and cutting and electrical safe operations, and the ability to adhere to procedures and evidence and records and anomaly reporting under process and schedule pressure; digital tools only need to be usable.

O*NET tasks; editorial learning suggestion

Responsibility preface | Efficiency can be outsourced to equipment and systems, but on-site measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and energization judgments and safety and process responsibility cannot. The following five steps are the human responsibility points that must be preserved before and after adopting any digital tool or automated data and report generation.

Task and boundaries: the project location and circuit and electrical safety boundaries must be determined by the electrician and personnel holding the corresponding qualifications and authorization, and equipment and systems do not replace on-site and electrical judgment.

Data and methods: usage and test and material and progress data and their sources and calibration must be checked and reviewed by the person, and insufficient or deviating data must be clearly stated, and gaps must not be concealed by system output.

Conclusions and determinations: measuring and wiring and inspection and testing and restoration conclusions must be made by the person according to drawings and procedures and current standards, and system output must not be used directly as a basis for energization or rework or external publication.

Safety and compliance: de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout and live work and height and edges and machinery and cutting and occupational health and work permits and personal protection must follow work safety and special operations requirements and be carried out according to policy, and controlled materials must be managed under confidentiality and retention period requirements.

Changes and disclosure: materials and circuits and wiring and process information disclosure and design or circuit changes must be carried out within the scope of authorization and policy, and when a live or short circuit or machinery or exceeding-authorization anomaly is found, operations must be paused and isolated and reported according to policy.

Using system-generated wiring or test suggestions directly for construction or energization

Wiring and safety and quality responsibility must be verified and documented by the person according to drawings and procedures

Project and power supplier and manufacturer drawings and technical materials being mistakenly sent or flowing into unauthorized channels

Limit the purpose and retention period and access rights, and do not upload controlled materials to external services or unauthorized environments

Missing model, tool, template, and parameter versions making suggestions non-reproducible and non-traceable.

Keep tool versions, inputs and outputs, and manual review, and check version changes against actual tasks; output must not be used directly for release.

Material identifiers, quantities, dimensions, units, or original reading errors causing work and quality misjudgment.

Check the original records, units, batches, and on-site measurements, stop and review when anomalies occur, and do not generate false data.

Vague attribution of responsibility: unclear who wires, who determines conformity, and who approves energization and disclosure

Before adopting a system, clarify the operations and application and approval path and responsible persons and keep records

Material selection and moving and maintenance judgment are the person's responsibility (human control point)

Materials and preparation

Lists can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Selecting tools and equipment or materials from storage and delivering them to the work site and maintaining tools

Measuring and cutting and stripping dimensions are the person's responsibility according to procedures (human control point)

Measuring and processing

Calculation can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Measuring and cutting and bending wire and conduit and stripping insulation from wire ends with wire strippers

Wiring and fastening and inspection are the person's responsibility (human control point)

Wiring and inspection

Records can be assisted, wiring judgment is the person's responsibility

Connecting conductors to terminals, and checking loose connections and damaged insulation and tightening

Troubleshooting and testing and criteria are the person's responsibility (human control point)

Troubleshooting and testing

Readings can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Using test instruments to troubleshoot short circuits in wiring and assisting with circuit testing

Cleaning and restoration are the person's responsibility according to procedures (human control point)

Cleaning and restoration

Records can be assisted, judgment is the person's responsibility

Cleaning work areas and equipment and tools and restoring protection and covers

De-energization and voltage verification and isolation are the person's responsibility according to qualifications (human control point)

De-energization and isolation

Records can be assisted, safety judgment is the person's responsibility

Cooperating with work according to de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout requirements

Anomaly identification and isolation and reporting and rework requests are completed by the person according to authorization (human control point)

Anomaly handling

Anomaly records can be assisted, determination and disposition responsibility is the person's responsibility

Identifying live or short circuit or machinery or height anomalies and isolating and reporting them

Editorial suggestion | Trial material retrieval and record assistance in an authorized environment and check the real effect; output does not replace original readings, on-site work, or safety and quality responsibility, and there is no measured efficiency evidence for this occupation.

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 50th percentile annual wage $42,670; hourly wage $20.51

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 75th percentile annual wage $48,470; hourly wage $23.30

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 90th percentile annual wage $58,340; hourly wage $28.05

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net new jobs, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net new jobs, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net new jobs, or AI causality.

AI exposure | The task sheet and usage and materials and progress and knowledge retrieval draft steps of this occupation can be assisted by generative and statistical tools, and no evidence of a generative AI exposure level has been obtained, so no level judgment is made; the direct impact of generative AI itself on it is concentrated in data and documents and retrieval organization; this page does not score or predict its AI impact.

Occupational definition | The Helpers--Electricians on this page is the exact occupation O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians): help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill: using, supplying, or delivering materials and tools, and cleaning the work area and equipment. In the United States this occupation is Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) (below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)); growth is labeled 2025—2035 precise growth 0.6%, and that page is not marked Bright Outlook.

Electrical or building construction related education and training

Most positions

Meets the electrical and tool and safety knowledge starting point for entry; the education section on that page shows 71% requiring a high school diploma or equivalent, 13% requiring a post-secondary certificate, and 11% below a high school diploma (the page does not account for the remaining 5%)

Materials and measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection ability

All positions

Positions usually require the ability to measure and cut and strip and wire and inspect and fasten according to procedures, and to comply with de-energization and voltage verification and live work and height and machinery and cutting safety requirements

Low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications

Positions involving the corresponding operations

In China, actual building construction special operations in building and municipal engineering follow MOHURD Order 60; other actual electrical work is trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and its catalog, and the two certificate types are not mixed; not all electrical helpers require all qualifications at the same time; apprenticeship is not listed as universally required or common.

Occupational health and labor protection requirements

Positions involving electrical work and heights and contaminants

Those exposed to occupational disease hazards are examined and protected as required; position adjustment depends on the actual hazards and results, and rotation is not a fixed requirement for everyone.

Construction (Construction)

O*NET shows on the 47-3013.00 page that this occupation's main industry in the United States is construction; the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category, and the construction category scope covers multiple occupations and cannot replace this occupation's wages.

Building mechanical and electrical installation and specialty contracting (reference)

Some electrical coordination positions serve building mechanical and electrical installation and specialty contracting enterprises; this scope is an industry average, is not equal to this occupation's wages, and is not filled in on this page.

Industrial installation and equipment servicing (reference)

Some positions can be classified under industrial installation and equipment servicing categories; this scope is an industry average, is not equal to this occupation's wages, and is not filled in on this page.

National Bureau of Statistics: notes on the statistical scope of average wages of urban unit employees | https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/

Job title mapping | Helpers--Electricians (O*NET/SOC 47-3013.00 Helpers--Electricians; commonly called in recruitment and in the industry electrical installer, building electrician assistant, low-voltage electrician assistant, mechanical and electrical installer, electrician apprentice).

Mainland China section | In mainland China there are positions in electrical installation and servicing and building mechanical and electrical field similar to Helpers--Electricians, and their work and de-energization and voltage verification and height and edges and machinery and cutting and electrical and safety and occupational health and records are governed by the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and related regulations and standards on special operations (low-voltage electrical work, etc.) and occupational health and environmental protection; however, public occupational statistics do not list a national wage distribution separately for this occupation.

Matching rationale | Building electrical installation assistant positions match the construction industry; other employers such as industrial equipment servicing are classified separately, and the category is not used as an occupational wage; the broad reference is the 2025 annual average wage of 92,036/66,275 yuan for urban non-private/private units in construction. The statistics cover multiple occupations and levels in that industry and cannot be filled in for this occupation's median, starting wage, or personal income. This round has not obtained a precise national wage distribution for this occupation, and the gap is retained.

National Bureau of Statistics: average annual wages of urban unit employees in 2025 | https://www.stats.gov.cn/zwfwck/sjfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html

Pay structure note | Income for positions in this occupation is usually related to region and project and cost of living, overtime and rush work and height and live work allowances, whether the person holds low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications, and whether the person takes on live work and specialty and team-leading duties; similar positions vary considerably across regions and projects (the U.S. distribution on that page spans an annual wage of 33,020 to 58,340 from the 10th percentile to the 90th percentile).

2025 construction industry / urban non-private units (industry reference)

Average annual wage 92,036 yuan/year; the average for all employed persons in the industry, not this occupation's wage.

2025 construction industry / urban private units (industry reference)

Average annual wage 66,275 yuan/year; the average for all employed persons in the industry, not this occupation's wage.

Mainland China precise national occupational wage for this occupation

Insufficient evidence: public occupational statistics in mainland China have not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians); the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category without distinguishing occupations, and this page does not fill in the gap with industry averages, recruitment offers, or U.S. data.

Classification mapping note | This page is the exact occupation O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians), which differs from adjacent occupations such as electricians (47-2111.00), helpers--carpenters (47-3012.00), helpers--pipelayers and plumbers and pipefitters and steamfitters (47-3015.00), helpers--painters and paperhangers and plasterers and stucco masons (47-3014.00), and helpers--roofers (47-3016.00); wages and employment must be checked according to each occupation's own code and statistical scope and cannot be applied to one another.

Notes on U.S. BLS and O*NET statistical scope | https://www.bls.gov/oes/

Growth Little or no change 2025—2035 precise growth 0.6% (2025—2035, BLS employment projections, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope; that page is not marked Bright Outlook)

Median hourly wage $20.51 / median annual wage $42,670 (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope)

May2025 25th percentile annual wage $36,830; hourly wage $17.71

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 50th percentile annual wage $42,670; hourly wage $20.51

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 75th percentile annual wage $48,470; hourly wage $23.30

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

May2025 90th percentile annual wage $58,340; hourly wage $28.05

Scope | U.S. precise 47-3013.00 national wages May2025; boundaries | percentiles cannot be used to infer seniority or starting wages, production bonuses are included, and benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses are excluded.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net new jobs, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net new jobs, or AI causality.

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Scope | BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projection; boundaries | employment includes self-employment and openings include replacements, and this is not real-time hiring, net new jobs, or AI causality.

The precise national five wage percentiles and employment projection have been checked; regional and precise industry wages have not been obtained. The industry background is scoped separately; shared old facts and protected surfaces are retained, and full-page synchronization is not claimed.

U.S. precise 47-3013.00 May2025 median annual wage $42,670 and hourly wage $20.51, with the five wage percentiles checked. The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Process complexity and demand differ noticeably across projects (building construction and municipal and industrial installation and equipment servicing) and trades (electrical and mechanical and electrical), affecting income and stability.

Project type and trade

Whether the person masters measuring and stripping and wiring and troubleshooting and live work and working-at-height abilities, and whether the person holds low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications, noticeably affects income.

Region and skills and qualifications

Positions that take on live work and energization and specialty and team-leading and site management duties have duties and pay structures different from positions focused on basic handling and cleaning.

Job duties and team leading

Growth Little or no change 2025—2035 precise growth 0.6% (2025—2035, BLS employment projections, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope; that page is not marked Bright Outlook)

Building construction (construction laborers and helpers occupational group background)

$47,540/year

OOH May2025 construction laborers and helpers occupational group industry wage median, not the precise 47-3013; precise industry wages have not been obtained, and China is not extrapolated.

Heavy and civil engineering construction (construction laborers and helpers occupational group background)

$47,420/year

OOH May2025 construction laborers and helpers occupational group industry wage median, not the precise 47-3013; precise industry wages have not been obtained, and China is not extrapolated.

Specialty trade contractors (construction laborers and helpers occupational group background)

$46,360/year

OOH May2025 construction laborers and helpers occupational group industry wage median, not the precise 47-3013; precise industry wages have not been obtained, and China is not extrapolated.

Temporary help services (construction laborers and helpers occupational group background)

$35,740/year

OOH May2025 construction laborers and helpers occupational group industry wage median, not the precise 47-3013; precise industry wages have not been obtained, and China is not extrapolated.

Distribution reading: the median is the midpoint of the distribution and is not equal to the starting point; for this occupation, the annual wage from the 10th percentile to the 90th percentile spans about from $33,020 to $58,340, with differences mainly from region and project and trade and skills and qualifications and duties.

Scope reading: OEWS reports wages reported by employers, including production incentive bonuses and excluding benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses; the values on this page are presented by O*NET on the 47-3013.00 page and that page does not mark them as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation, so they are presented according to this occupation's own scope, and individual income in adjacent occupations must not be inferred from them.

Wages are May2025 OEWS as presented by O*NET on the precise national page; the employment projection is the BLS2025—2035 precise matrix, which includes self-employment and differs in coverage from employee wages.

Usage suggestion: read the three sets of figures — median, percentiles, and employment — together with "this occupation's own scope, not representing adjacent occupations" and "2025—2035 growth of 2025—2035 precise growth 0.6%, with openings consisting mainly of replacement needs", to avoid treating the median as a starting wage or the projection as an individual outcome.

Median hourly wage $20.51 / median annual wage $42,670 (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation's (47-3013.00) own scope)

A national distribution position; experience, duties, or starting wages cannot be inferred backwards from it; the causes of individual wages must be checked separately.

The median represents the typical level at the midpoint of the distribution, but does not represent the entry-level starting wage; it rises with region, project, trade, skills, qualifications, and scope of duties; it is this occupation's own scope and does not represent adjacent occupations.

A national distribution position; experience, duties, or starting wages cannot be inferred backwards from it; the causes of individual wages must be checked separately.

Holland (RIASEC) | Used to understand your relative position on realistic and conventional preferences. The O*NET interest code for this occupation is RC (Realistic—Conventional), corresponding to a willingness to install or repair equipment by hand and use tools and materials in physical activity (Realistic), and a willingness to organize information and data according to procedures and rules and maintain order (Conventional).

Evidence level | Moderate: the interest code comes from O*NET results on practitioners of this occupation and occupational analysis, but individual scores and occupational codes are not in a one-to-one relationship.

If you find it hard to work amid dust and contaminants and noise and elevated and narrow conditions, find it hard to accept a rhythm that changes with the project and processes and outage windows and possible overtime, or are unwilling to take responsibility for work safety and process quality and site order, a high interest questionnaire score cannot change this real cost; for this occupation you must also confirm the enterprise's requirements for low-voltage electrical work and working at height and machinery operation and occupational health.

Editorial suggestion to observe safety procedures, material checking, and handover; Big Five traits cannot be used to infer greater ease of adapting.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

Do not use a personality assessment saying you are unsuited as a basis for giving up or not entering the field; use on-site job shadowing or internships or simulated measuring and stripping and wiring tasks and electrician evaluations and assessment results instead.

How to understand this interest code: RC means Realistic (installing or repairing equipment by hand and using tools and materials in physical activity) and Conventional (organizing information and data according to procedures and rules and maintaining order); it is used to understand this occupation's preference direction, not to judge ability or qualifications.

MBTI | Typology is used for self-reflection on communication and work preferences; this occupation requires coordination with electricians and crews and power suppliers, and preference does not determine competence.

Interest experience: liking to coordinate a full round of measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning well, and gaining satisfaction from good site order with wire and safety and records all in place.

Evidence level | Lower: MBTI is not an occupational qualification or ability assessment tool and cannot be used as a basis for employment.

RC

Realistic—Conventional

Treat the type only as a reference for communication style, and do not use it to infer whether you or others can do measuring and wiring and inspection coordination work well.

Enneagram | Used to observe how you react in situations of tight outage windows and schedules and on-site anomalies; when a live or short circuit or machinery or height issue arises or authorization is exceeded, whether you can first check and handle it according to evidence and policy matters more than the type label.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

Do not use type labels to explain quality or safety disputes; return to whether the drawing basis and the work process and records were adequate.

Editorial suggestion to observe drawing reading and dimension and data checking; there is no evidence comparing the predictive validity of IQ and practical ability.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

A high or low score cannot show whether you can learn measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection coordination; test this through on-site job shadowing or internships or simulated tasks and electrician evaluations.

Editorial suggestion to observe communication under schedule pressure, anomaly explanation, and review; quality or safety cannot be inferred from EQ scores.

No validation research on this occupation's assessments for fit, performance, or learning outcomes has been obtained; the following are editorial exploration suggestions.

Emotional abilities can be improved through actual work and mentoring and deliberate practice, and there is no need to limit yourself with assessment scores.

Boundaries | The assessments and direction comparisons on this page are only for self-questioning and exploration and do not constitute hiring criteria, ability scores, or qualification judgments; admission is governed by education and training and safety and occupational health and qualifications and enterprise authorization. In particular, in the United States this occupation is Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) (below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)); matters involving low-voltage electrical work and working at height must also meet the corresponding qualification and work permit requirements.

Assessments cannot replace qualifications, skills, or job authorization. In safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe circuit diagram, dimension, specification, break point, and test record checks and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve real live circuits. These are editorial observation suggestions, and there is no validity evidence more reliable than questionnaires.

This occupation's (Helpers--Electricians) direction | Output is assisted work completed according to drawings and procedures (materials and measuring and cutting and stripping and wiring and inspection and testing and cleaning and restoration) together with traceable material and work records: materials and preparation, measuring and processing, wiring and inspection, troubleshooting and testing, cleaning and restoration and records

Able to independently complete measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning and records within the scope of the electrician and job authorization and procedures

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you find it hard to work amid dust and contaminants and noise and elevated and narrow conditions, or find it hard to accept overtime and a rhythm that changes with project processes and outage windows, the actual work experience needs to be checked.

Electrician direction | Uses the core outputs of electricians as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the skills, actual tasks, and qualifications related to the target direction; electrical, carpentry, piping, painting, and roofing must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of wire and conduit and electrical equipment as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Helpers--Carpenters direction | Uses the core outputs of helpers--carpenters as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the skills, actual tasks, and qualifications related to the target direction; electrical, carpentry, piping, painting, and roofing must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of wire and conduit and electrical equipment as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters direction | Uses the core outputs of helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the skills, actual tasks, and qualifications related to the target direction; electrical, carpentry, piping, painting, and roofing must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of wire and conduit and electrical equipment as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons direction | Uses the core outputs of helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the skills, actual tasks, and qualifications related to the target direction; electrical, carpentry, piping, painting, and roofing must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of wire and conduit and electrical equipment as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Helpers--Roofers direction | Uses the core outputs of helpers--roofers as a reference: see the direction comparison table; it differs from this occupation in subject matter and specialty and authorization level

Editorial exploration | Check the skills, actual tasks, and qualifications related to the target direction; electrical, carpentry, piping, painting, and roofing must not all be treated as common thresholds.

Editorial comparison suggestion | If you want to take on-site coordination of wire and conduit and electrical equipment as the subject matter rather than this direction, you can compare this occupation's differences again.

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe circuit diagram, dimension, specification, break point, and test record checks and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve real live circuits. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe circuit diagram, dimension, specification, break point, and test record checks and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve real live circuits. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe circuit diagram, dimension, specification, break point, and test record checks and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve real live circuits. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Which MBTI type is most suitable for this occupation? No type has been proven most suitable. MBTI is not an occupational qualification or ability assessment tool, and occupational adaptation mainly depends on skills and qualifications and safety and procedural compliance.

Which Holland interest type is more suitable for this occupation? The O*NET interest code is RC: Realistic (installing or repairing equipment by hand and using tools and materials in physical activity) and Conventional (organizing information and data according to procedures and rules and maintaining order).

Personality type and introversion or extraversion are not validated occupational thresholds; in safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe circuit diagram, dimension, specification, break point, and test record checks and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve real live circuits. These are editorial observation suggestions, without comparing the predictive validity of personality and skills.

Can someone who is not good at math do this occupation? Basic measuring and calculation and reading and circuit fundamentals ability is needed; a quantitative foundation can be filled in through training and tool assistance, but being completely unable to adapt to measuring tools and circuits and test instruments would be markedly limiting.

Does this occupation require high emotional intelligence? Emotional stability and communication and conflict handling ability are needed, but no specific assessment score is required. Outage windows and schedules and rework pressure require self-regulation and reporting according to procedures.

Can the Enneagram be used to judge whether I am suited? No. The Enneagram is a self-exploration tool and does not constitute an occupational ability or fit conclusion; judging fit should look at whether you can complete measuring and wiring and inspection and cleaning and record work under safety and procedural requirements.

In safe mentoring or simulated materials you can observe circuit diagram, dimension, specification, break point, and test record checks and anomaly reporting, and practice must not involve real live circuits. These are editorial exploration suggestions, and there is no evidence that these materials predict fit better than a questionnaire.

Fit signals: willing to be responsible for work safety and process quality under de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout and height and machinery and cutting requirements, able to switch between measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and testing and cleaning while keeping attention on evidence and records, able to maintain procedures and evidence and review under outage window and schedule pressure, and to isolate and report according to policy when there is an on-site or electrical anomaly or authorization is exceeded.

Caution signals: finding it hard to work amid dust and contaminants and noise and elevated and narrow conditions, or finding it hard to accept overtime and a rhythm that changes with project processes and outage windows, or being unwilling to take responsibility for work safety and process quality and site order, or unwilling to report and hand over according to policy when authorization is exceeded.

Verification suggestion: first test reading drawings and measuring and stripping and wiring and writing records with one simulated or real coordination task, and understand the target enterprise's and jurisdiction's requirements for safety and occupational health and low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications, before deciding whether to invest long term.

Used to check this occupation's task scope and work context (U.S. occupational classification scope).

Used to check this occupation's tasks and work activities and detailed work activities.

RC is the current official interest description and is used only for exploration; this round has not obtained interest score values; the current style relies on dependability 71, attention to detail 62, caution 52, cooperation 52, and it is an occupational description, not a personality prediction; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

RC is the current official interest description and is used only for exploration; this round has not obtained interest score values; the current style relies on dependability 71, attention to detail 62, caution 52, cooperation 52, and it is an occupational description, not a personality prediction; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

RC is the current official interest description and is used only for exploration; this round has not obtained interest score values; the current style relies on dependability 71, attention to detail 62, caution 52, cooperation 52, and it is an occupational description, not a personality prediction; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

RC is the current official interest description and is used only for exploration; this round has not obtained interest score values; the current style relies on dependability 71, attention to detail 62, caution 52, cooperation 52, and it is an occupational description, not a personality prediction; JobZone1-2, SVP below 6; it does not support conclusions about assessment scores versus performance.

Used to check the point-in-time estimate scope of U.S. wages (this occupation's own scope; that page does not mark the data as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation; it does not represent adjacent occupations).

Used to check the employment trend and the official period presentation (this occupation's own scope; 2025—2035 growth of 2025—2035 precise growth 0.6%).

Boundaries | What this page lists are the failure types and control points relatively common in this occupation's measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and testing, used to help identify and manage risks, and they do not constitute any electrical safety, special operations, occupational health, or legal advice or a conclusion on an individual case; anything involving electrical safety testing, energization acceptance, accident determinations, or occupational disease diagnosis must be handled by a position or organization holding the corresponding qualifications.

Direct answer | The core risk of this occupation is not "can the wire be connected", but four types of failure with heavier consequences: safety and personal failure (electric shock and live work, heights and scaffolding and falls, cutting and power tool and conduit injuries, dust and contaminants and hazardous substance exposure); quality and rework failure (inadequate wiring or terminal fastening or measuring leading to short circuits and faults and rework); equipment failure (equipment or circuit damage and malfunction); and record and traceability failure (distorted wiring and test data making responsibility impossible to define).

O*NET precise tasks and context and the BLS occupational group environment support risk clues; the six cards are editorial scenarios and are not per-card accident rates or statutory qualification determinations. In China, actual building construction special operations in building and municipal engineering follow MOHURD Order 60; other actual electrical work is trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and its catalog, and the two certificate types are not mixed; not all electrical helpers require all qualifications at the same time.

The person and the work team; safety and electrical management personnel; personal safety; live work boundaries

Working without de-energizing or verifying voltage causing electric shock or burns; failing to work according to de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout requirements

Work according to de-energization and voltage verification and isolation and lockout-tagout and voltage confirmation requirements and use insulating protection; if live conditions or anomalies are found, stop immediately and review and isolate and report

Scenario | When the outage window is tight, being asked to wire first without voltage confirmation, with the paperwork to be completed later.

The person and erection and safety personnel; personal safety; scaffolding and working-at-height boundaries

Inadequate scaffolding or edge or opening or ladder protection causing a fall or struck-by injury; failing to work according to erection and acceptance and protection requirements or failing to install protection

Work according to scaffolding and ladder and edge and opening protection requirements and check the securement; if a scaffold or protection anomaly is found, stop work immediately and isolate and report

Scenario | When short-staffed, being asked to have untrained personnel temporarily take over working at height or live work.

The person and safety and equipment management personnel; personal safety and machinery and cutting boundaries

Misuse of cutters or electric drills or hand-held power tools causing cuts or entanglement injuries; failing to work according to machinery and cutting safety and protection requirements or failing to de-energize

Cutting and machinery work must be carried out according to protection and de-energization and isolation requirements; if a machinery or cutting anomaly is found, stop immediately and isolate and report

Scenario | Protection and de-energization formalities for cutting or machinery work are not yet complete, and the person is asked to cut first and complete the formalities later.

The person and safety and occupational health personnel; occupational health and working environment

Dust and contaminants and hazardous substances and noise exposure causing inhalation or injury; inadequate ventilation and dust removal and personal protection or failure to work according to substance safety requirements

Work according to ventilation and dust removal and personal protection and substance safety requirements and use suitable protective equipment; stop immediately and review and report when a dust or contaminant anomaly is found

Scenario | Working environment ventilation and protection conditions being ignored, and being asked to finish wiring first and deal with dust and contaminant problems later.

The person and electricians and quality control; process quality; wiring and rework boundaries

Inadequate wiring or terminal fastening or measuring leading to short circuits and faults and rework; failing to follow drawings and procedures and testing requirements

Complete measuring and stripping and wiring and fastening and testing according to drawings and procedures; when nonconformity or rework is found, isolate immediately and report and cooperate with rework

Scenario | Wiring or test results being marginally nonconforming, and under schedule pressure being asked to energize first and retest or adjust later.

The person and electricians and site management; work quality and responsibility definition; qualification and disclosure boundaries

Missing or distorted wiring and test and usage records making traceability impossible and responsibility undefinable; issuing electrical safety testing or energization acceptance conclusions beyond scope, or back-filling forged records afterwards

Record truthfully according to policy and retain original records and the revision trail; strictly prohibit generating unverified content or issuing testing or acceptance conclusions beyond scope

Scenario | Finding that a circuit's wiring and test data do not match the records, and being asked to issue a quality or energization conclusion based on the existing records first and revise later.

Used to check this occupation's tasks and work context and help identify the failure types in the measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and testing steps (U.S. scope).

Occupational group background, not used for precise per-card probabilities for this occupation or Chinese qualifications.

Task clues, not the law for confidentiality of all technical data or for all construction permits.

In China, actual building construction special operations in building and municipal engineering follow MOHURD Order 60; other actual electrical work is trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and its catalog, and the two certificate types are not mixed; not all electrical helpers require all qualifications at the same time.

NIST voluntary AI governance framework, not Chinese construction or special operations law.

Qualification boundaries, first | Application conditions, education, training certificates, safety and skills training, low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications, occupational health examinations, position and work authorization, and electrical safety testing and energization acceptance are different statuses: meeting recruitment conditions is not the same as obtaining the authority to independently perform live work or energize or issue testing conclusions. In the United States, this occupation is Job Zone 1-2 (little or no preparation needed to some preparation needed) (below 6.0 (SVP Below 6.0)), with growth labeled Little or no change (0%).

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-3013 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the O*NET new-hire figures of 71% high school / 13% post-secondary certificate / 11% below high school are a different measure, and the remaining 5% is not guessed; in China, actual building construction special operations in building and municipal engineering follow MOHURD Order 60; other actual electrical work is trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and its catalog, and the two certificate types are not mixed; not all electrical helpers require all qualifications at the same time; safety training, qualifications, and enterprise work authorization are kept separate.

Qualification boundaries, third | The preparation items listed on this page are not equal to authorization and do not automatically bring live work, energization, or external disclosure authority; real authority is governed by the requirements of the enterprise and the competent authority.

A MOHURD Order 60 construction special operations certificate is valid for 3 years with extension review; Emergency Order 19 certificate types are renewed upon expiry and according to the actual catalog requirements; they are not the same certificate type, and the old fixed 3-year review cannot be applied to all electrical helpers.

Recruitment sample note | This page does not cite the number or pay figures of any specific recruitment notice. Helpers--Electricians positions are mostly recruited through building construction and municipal and industrial installation and mechanical and electrical and equipment servicing enterprises and human resources and labor channels, and are affected by region and project and trade and project cycles, so samples from public channels can hardly represent the overall market; recruitment requirements and authorization must be based on written recruitment information and the employment contract and job description and construction and safety system documents.

This page only lists check points and does not constitute a hiring or pay commitment.

Boundaries | The preparation paths and capability ladder on this page are used to help you plan learning and accumulate evidence, and do not constitute hiring, promotion, or qualification determinations. Real admission is governed by safety and skills training and qualifications and enterprise authorization and assessment, and also does not mean obtaining the authority to independently perform live work or energize or conduct electrical safety testing.

Under mentoring, take on material and tool preparation and measuring and stripping assistance and handling and cleaning and record assistance; do not independently perform live work or energize or issue testing conclusions.

Job shadowing and assistant position

Able to independently complete measuring and stripping and wiring and inspection and cleaning and records within the scope of the electrician and job authorization and procedures, and isolate and report according to policy when there is an anomaly or safety issue or authorization is exceeded.

Independent coordination position

Able to take on live work and complex circuit coordination and testing and troubleshooting and mentoring and process coordination.

Skilled and specialist position

Able to take on crew and process arrangements and quality and safety and materials and progress implementation and evaluation and anomaly sign-off and multi-party coordination.

Team leader and site management position

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-3013 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the O*NET new-hire figures of 71% high school / 13% post-secondary certificate / 11% below high school are a different measure, and the remaining 5% is not guessed. Check qualifications and enterprise authorization according to the actual work; apprenticeship, vocational courses, or all specialty certificate types are not universally required. The development ladder is an editorial plan and does not guarantee hiring or promotion.

Qualification boundaries | Receiving vocational training, completing job shadowing and practical work, obtaining education or training certificates, passing safety and skills assessment and low-voltage electrical work and working-at-height qualifications, entering occupational health management, and obtaining enterprise position and work authorization are different statuses; the preparation items listed on this page are not equal to authorization and do not automatically bring live work or energization or external disclosure authority.

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-3013 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the O*NET new-hire figures of 71% high school / 13% post-secondary certificate / 11% below high school are a different measure, and the remaining 5% is not guessed; in China, actual building construction special operations in building and municipal engineering follow MOHURD Order 60; other actual electrical work is trained, assessed, and certified according to Emergency Order 19 and its catalog, and the two certificate types are not mixed; not all electrical helpers require all qualifications at the same time; the U.S. and Chinese jurisdictions are kept separate and not combined.

Summary | Understand the path as a cycle of learning — job shadowing and practical work — safety and skills and qualifications — position and work authorization — responsibility: first complete skills training, then become familiar with measuring and stripping and wiring and troubleshooting and electrical safety systems under mentoring, and after obtaining qualifications and work authorization work independently and deepen in a direction; matters involving live work and energization acceptance and major rework are handled according to policy and the requirements of the competent authority.

The typical U.S. BLS precise 47-3013 requires a high school diploma or equivalent, no relevant experience, and short-term on-the-job training; the O*NET new-hire figures of 71% high school / 13% post-secondary certificate / 11% below high school are a different measure, and the remaining 5% is not guessed.

Used to check this occupation's tasks and work activities and work environment and help plan learning priorities.

Training or apprenticeship search entry points, and they do not prove universal requirement or participation rates.

Related certification search entry points, and they do not prove that all certifications are universally required or that they are Chinese qualifications.

Materials and tools basic training record; safety and electrical basic training.

Familiarity with material selection and moving and measuring tools and safety points.

Material selection assistance records and mentoring evaluation; able to restate electrical and safety and reporting points.

Under mentoring, become familiar with materials and selection and moving and measuring tools and safety, and do not independently perform live work or energize.

Materials and preparation job shadowing position

Job authorization and safety and qualifications; materials and measuring experience.

Accumulate experience under different material and circuit conditions and practice measuring and stripping and material layout methods.

Material and measuring and usage records and review opinions.

Independently complete materials and selection and moving and preparation and records according to procedures, and isolate and report according to policy when anomalies are found.

Materials and preparation position

Corresponding job authorization and specialty qualifications; complex circuit experience.

Learn complex circuit materials and measuring and process coordination methods.

Complex measuring and wiring and anomaly handling records.

Take on complex circuit materials and measuring and stripping and mentoring and process coordination.

Materials and preparation backbone position

Corresponding management appointment or enterprise authorization.

Improve materials and measuring and traceability management mechanisms.

Overall conclusions; materials and measuring and traceability documents.

Coordinate materials and measuring and quality and safety and sign-off, and guide newcomers.

Materials and site supervisor position

Process and tool basic training record; safety training.

Familiarity with conduit and stripping and wiring and safety points.

Wiring assistance records and mentoring evaluation; able to restate wiring and safety points.

Under mentoring, take on conduit cutting and stripping and wiring assistance and tool preparation, and do not independently energize or work live on key circuits.

Wiring and conduit job shadowing position

Job authorization and safety and qualifications; wiring and conduit experience.

Accumulate experience under different circuit and process conditions and practice wiring and fastening and troubleshooting methods.

Wiring and fastening and testing records and review opinions.

Complete measuring and cutting and stripping and wiring and fastening and inspection and records according to procedures, and report according to policy when anomalies are found.

Wiring and conduit position

Corresponding job authorization and specialty qualifications; complex troubleshooting experience.

Learn complex circuit troubleshooting and testing and process coordination methods.

Complex troubleshooting and anomaly handling records.

Take on complex circuit wiring and short circuit troubleshooting and testing and mentoring and process coordination.

Wiring and troubleshooting backbone position

Corresponding management appointment or enterprise authorization.

Improve crew and process and quality management mechanisms.

Overall conclusions; crew and process and quality documents.

Coordinate crew and process and quality and safety and sign-off, and guide newcomers.

Crew and process supervisor position

Information and safety basic training record; safety and confidentiality training.

Familiarity with the key points of materials and testing and break points and cleaning and safety records specifications.

Record organizing and checking and archiving assistance records and review opinions.

Under mentoring, take on organizing and archiving assistance for materials and testing and break point and cleaning records, and do not independently determine compliance or make external disclosures.

Safety and cleaning assistance position

Job authorization and safety and qualifications; records and compliance experience.

Accumulate experience under different circuit and process conditions and practice recording and traceability and safety methods.

Measuring and testing and break point and safety records and review opinions.

Record measuring and testing and break points and cleaning and anomalies truthfully according to policy and hand over, and manage record versions and retention.

Safety and cleaning position

Corresponding job authorization and specialty training; audit and rectification records.

Learn safety and quality and electrical safety and data quality and audit methods.

Audit and rectification and traceability and audit records.

Take on safety and quality and electrical safety and data quality and traceability and rectification implementation.

Safety and compliance audit position

Corresponding management appointment or enterprise authorization.

Improve safety and compliance and records and traceability management mechanisms.

Overall conclusions; safety and compliance and traceability documents.

Coordinate safety and records and compliance and training and sign-off, handle complex and disputed matters, and guide newcomers.

Safety and compliance supervisor position

U.S. precise 47-3013 May2025 median annual wage $42,670 and hourly wage $20.51. The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality. Precise occupational wages and employment in China have not been obtained; the NBS 2025 construction non-private/private annual average of 92,036/66,275 yuan is only background.

United States

2025

The median is the midpoint of the distribution and is not equal to the starting wage; differences come from region and project and trade and skills and qualifications and duties; the values are this occupation's own scope and do not represent adjacent occupations.

OEWS includes production incentive bonuses and excludes benefits, overtime, and non-production bonuses; this page presents them according to this occupation's scope as O*NET does not mark that page as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation; the values are taken from 2025 data, and later updates should be based on a query for the current period.

Wages (median and percentiles, this occupation's own scope)

SOC 47-3013.00 (OEWS 2025, as presented by O*NET)

Median hourly wage $20.51 and median annual wage $42,670; 10th percentile hourly wage 15.88 and annual wage 33,020, 25th percentile hourly wage 17.71 and annual wage 36,830, 75th percentile hourly wage 23.30 and annual wage 48,470, 90th percentile hourly wage 28.05 and annual wage 58,340

United States

2025—2035

This scope is a projection and is affected by building and municipal and industrial installation investment and electrification and labor supply; openings consist mainly of replacement needs; the values are this occupation's own scope and are not equal to individual job outcomes.

This differs in scope from the BLS OEWS point-in-time employment estimate and the two are not mixed; a projection is not equal to actual hires, and openings are a period annual average scope that cannot be read as net new positions.

Employment size and growth and job openings (this occupation's own scope)

SOC 47-3013.00 (BLS employment projections, as presented by O*NET)

The precise BLS 47-3013 projection for 2025—2035 is about 65,000 → 65,400 people, growth 0.6%, average annual openings 6,100 including replacements, and self-employment in the base period 1.7%; the O*NET display of Slower than average (1% to 2%) is a classification label and cannot replace the precise matrix figure of 0.6%, and this is not hiring net growth or AI causality.

Mainland China

2025

Mainland China has similar positions in electrical installation and servicing and building mechanical and electrical field and their work and specifications are defined by work safety and special operations and occupational health and environmental protection systems, but public statistics do not list a national wage distribution separately for this occupation, and it cannot be inferred from industry averages or recruitment offers.

The legal environment and management systems and statistical scope are different, and no combination or conversion is made; the China section of this page only registers the statistical scope and the visible gaps.

Occupational wages and employment (statistical scope and gaps)

National Bureau of Statistics average wages of urban unit employees (industry category scope) and bounded search

Insufficient evidence: public occupational statistics in mainland China have not established a national occupational wage distribution precisely corresponding to O*NET 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians); the National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of urban unit employees by industry category without distinguishing occupations, and this page does not fill in the gap with industry averages, recruitment offers, or U.S. data.

U.S. precise occupational May2025 wages

U.S. precise occupational 2025—2035 projection includes self-employment and replacements

China industry annual average, not an occupational wage

Used to check O*NET's presentation of this occupation's tasks and employment and industry (U.S. scope, with wages and employment under this occupation's own scope).

Electrical layout and independent installation and energization abilities need to be supplemented

Electrical installation experience

Relatively close, moving from on-site coordination to independent electrical installation requires supplementing layout and energization skills (editorial judgment)

Carpentry and formwork cutting and positioning abilities need to be supplemented

Carpentry coordination experience

Relatively close, moving from electrical coordination to carpentry coordination requires supplementing carpentry and formwork skills (editorial judgment)

Pipe and fitting cutting and connection abilities need to be supplemented

Piping coordination experience

Relatively close, moving from electrical coordination to piping coordination requires supplementing pipe and fitting skills (editorial judgment)

Painting and plastering and surface preparation abilities need to be supplemented

Painting and plastering experience

Relatively close, moving from electrical coordination to painting and plastering coordination requires supplementing surface preparation skills (editorial judgment)

Roofing and waterproofing and working-at-height abilities need to be supplemented

Roofing coordination experience

Moderate, moving from electrical coordination to roofing coordination requires supplementing roofing and working-at-height skills (editorial judgment)

Security and fire alarm system installation and commissioning abilities need to be supplemented

Security and low-voltage systems experience

Moderate, moving from electrical coordination to security and fire systems requires supplementing low-voltage and commissioning skills (editorial judgment)

Control and valve and instrument installation and servicing abilities need to be supplemented

Instrumentation and control experience

Moderate, moving from electrical coordination to control and valves requires supplementing instrument and control skills (editorial judgment)

Home appliance electrical and electronic diagnosis and repair abilities need to be supplemented

Home appliance repair experience

Moderate, moving from electrical coordination to home appliance repair requires supplementing home appliance diagnosis skills (editorial judgment)

Source card | Research process: first check the official scope and tasks and work activities and work context and interest code and Job Zone and certification and training opportunities of U.S. O*NET/SOC 47-3013.00 (Helpers--Electricians), then take the BLS OEWS 2025 wages and the employment and growth and openings of the BLS employment projections 2025—2035 (all as presented on the O*NET page, and that page does not mark them as taken from a parent or adjacent occupation, so they are presented according to this occupation's own scope), and register the scope and gaps for mainland China according to the National Bureau of Statistics and work safety and special operations and occupational health and environmental protection systems.

Source card | Source register: the source register on this page lists O*NET 47-3013.00's detailed information and industry distribution and occupational profile and detailed tasks and work activities and work context and software skills and certification directory and detailed interests, as well as BLS OEWS and BLS employment projections and ILO and NIST and related adjacent occupation entries; sources are registered separately by occupational identity and tasks and wages and employment and qualifications and human control purposes.

This round, checked on 2026-10-11: the precise 47-3013 25 tasks 18Core/7Supplemental and activities and context, the new-hire education 71/13/11, RC and Zone1-2, 5 software categories / 2 hot recruitment skills with shares not provided; May2025 quintiles, the 2025—2035 matrix, the OOH group background, NBS2025, and MOHURD Order 60 / Emergency Order 19.

Precise occupational wages and employment for China and precise industry and regional wages in the United States, AI adoption measured effects and causality, and psychological assessment validity have not been obtained; the four industries are only the OOH occupational group background, and the O*NET growth classification and the precise BLS figure of 0.6% are kept separate. Protected surfaces and shared old facts are retained, and full-page synchronization is not claimed.