Compare A Appliance Service Technician ↔ B Electric Motor Repairer

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1 move · +$11,660 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

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Appliance Service Technician to Electric Motor Repairer +$11,660 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Complex Problem Solving

Side by side

All Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: Texas median $60,290, $11,660 more a year than all Home Appliance Repairers ($48,630), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Electric Motor Repairer 38%, Appliance Service Technician 32%.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$48,630+$11,660$60,290

Gates on the route: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

B +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

32%+6 pts38%

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.8 / 5+0.23.0 / 5

Protective gear+1.35Protective gear: A 1.11, B 2.46
Cramped space-1.19Cramped space: A 4.1, B 2.91
Standing+1.18Standing: A 3.22, B 4.4
Hazardous equipment+1.10Hazardous equipment: A 2.87, B 3.97
Outdoors, all weather-0.87Outdoors, all weather: A 3.49, B 2.62

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.

B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 34%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Critical Thinking
Quality Control Analysis
Operations Monitoring
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making

To build: 2

Equipment Selection +0.75
Complex Problem Solving +0.50

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