Compare A Appliance Service Technician ↔ B Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
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3 moves · +$28,130 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Facilities Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 2, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 3, to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Appliance Service Technician to Facilities Technician -$1,960 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.77 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor -$22,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608).
Side by side
All First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers: Texas median $76,760, $28,130 more a year than all Home Appliance Repairers ($48,630), every experience level.
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Appliance Service Technician (32%).
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $25.74 to $30.50/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year
B +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.8 / 5-0.22.6 / 5
- Cramped space-1.74Cramped space: A 4.1, B 2.36
- Kneeling or crawling-1.13Kneeling or crawling: A 3.45, B 2.32
- High places+1.01High places: A 1.42, B 2.43
- Keeping balance-0.80Keeping balance: A 2.37, B 1.57
- Protective gear+0.80Protective gear: A 1.11, B 1.91
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: 10% 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 Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.
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: 41%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
To build: 6
- Management of Personnel Resources +1.38
- Monitoring +1.12
- Coordination +1.00
- Learning Strategies +1.00
- Systems Evaluation +0.87
- Instructing +0.75
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