Are there 2 types of residental electricians?

Question

I'm confused on who does who when building a house. I know theres electricians that wire the whole house from top to bottom, but do the people who do that also do minor jobs such as installing a fan, or repairing a circut, stuff like that. Are there 2 different people who do that? And if so, who makes more?

Thanks everyone

Answer 1

Yes you are correct, although they are not mutually exclusive.

There are construction electricians and service electricians in the residential world.

Service guys generally troubleshoot problems, add receps, add lights and ceiling fans, etc.

Residential electricians work very hard and do not make that much. Service electricians make more, but sometimes have to scam their customers to make more.

Generally speaking, union electricians (IBEW) make more.