Compare A Audio Video Installer ↔ B Mobile Electronics Installer
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1 move · +$960 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Mobile Electronics Installer: 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
Audio Video Installer to Mobile Electronics Installer +$960 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- 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 Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles: Texas median $48,730, $960 more a year than all Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers ($47,770), every experience level.
Mobile Electronics Installer: 75% work more than 40 hours a week, about 5.8 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
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 -4.8% Texas, 100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.0 / 5-0.32.7 / 5
- Climbing ladders-2.01Climbing ladders: A 3.25, B 1.24
- Outdoors, all weather-1.52Outdoors, all weather: A 3.78, B 2.26
- High places-1.20High places: A 2.63, B 1.43
- Walking or running+0.68Walking or running: A 2.74, B 3.42
- Hazardous conditions-0.57Hazardous conditions: A 2.79, B 2.22
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: 0% 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 at the Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; vehicle electrical work is exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(1)).
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: 52%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment Maintenance
- Installation
- Complex Problem Solving
- Reading Comprehension
To build: 0
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