Compare A Audio Video Installer ↔ B Audio Video Technician

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1 move · +$1,670 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Audio Video Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

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Audio Video Installer to Audio Video Technician +$1,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audio and Video Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (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).

Side by side

All Audio and Video Technicians: Texas median $49,440, $1,670 more a year than all Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers ($47,770), every experience level.

Audio Video Technician: 21% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.7 times the share for Audio Video Installer (13%).

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

$47,770+$1,670$49,440

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 +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

B +8.8% Texas, 460 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

13%+9 pts21%

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

3.0 / 5-1.11.8 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-2.35Outdoors, all weather: A 3.78, B 1.43
Very hot or cold-1.79Very hot or cold: A 3.2, B 1.41
Cramped space-1.54Cramped space: A 3.47, B 1.93
Standing-1.48Standing: A 3.93, B 2.45
Climbing ladders-1.47Climbing ladders: A 3.25, B 1.78

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% do).

License

A No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

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: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 37%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Complex Problem Solving
Active Listening
Coordination
Service Orientation
Speaking
Active Learning

To build: 1

Monitoring +0.87

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