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The original was posted on /r/electricians by /u/Zediac on 2023-08-31 00:11:28+00:00.

I’ve spent my career as an industrial instrument and electrical technician with the heaviest focus on the instrumentation and controls side of things. I’ve been with my current employer for many years now. But I want to advance my career for more money.

I started in petroleum refining plants and then went into chemical research and manufacturing plants. I have a degree in electrical automated systems, am a certified thermographer, and I gravitate toward technology as I take to it very easily. I’ve been trained at Emerson’s training facility for valves and controllers.

I’ve been looking online on job websites for other I&E and industrial maintenance roles and the ones that list salary are all for less than I make now which is about $85k. I’d like to get that over 100k.

I have supervisory experience in training new employees but never as an official supervisor position. So I doubt that I’d be considered for a supervisory position. I’ve always been a stickler for industrial safety but the safety roles that I see want degrees and experience that I don’t have.

I’ve thought about sales and service. Possibly for a company like Emerson or Magnetrol or some other instrument manufacturer but I don’t know what realistic pay for something like that would be.

I’m looking for ideas of what to look at for possibilities for something to make a carrer change or shift to in order to advance my pay or improve myself as a tech.

Any suggestions?