Compare A Appliance Service Technician ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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Your route

2 moves · +$9,940 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 Maintenance Electrician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

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 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician +$11,900 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $9,940 more a year than all Home Appliance Repairers ($48,630), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Appliance Service Technician 32%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $26.61 to $31.87/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

$48,630+$9,940$58,570

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

32%+3 pts35%

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

2.8 / 5+1.34.1 / 5

Climbing ladders+2.80Climbing ladders: A 1.4, B 4.2
High places+2.27High places: A 1.42, B 3.69
Protective gear+2.11Protective gear: A 1.11, B 3.22
Hazardous conditions+1.53Hazardous conditions: A 3.06, B 4.59
Walking or running+1.50Walking or running: A 2.73, B 4.23

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: 1% 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 TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).

Experience

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

B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Installation
Judgment and Decision Making

To build: 3

Learning Strategies +0.88
Mathematics +0.88
Instructing +0.75

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