Compare A Audio Video Installer ↔ B Network Architect
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2 moves · +$85,540 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Low-Voltage Technician: license not checked yet.
- Move 2, to Network Architect: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Architect hold one).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Audio Video Installer to Low-Voltage Technician +$11,600 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.91.
- Gates: license not checked yet.
- Skills to build: Critical Thinking, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Low-Voltage Technician to Network Architect +$73,940 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Computer Network Architects as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Architect hold one).
Side by side
All Computer Network Architects: Texas median $133,310, $85,540 more a year than all Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers ($47,770), every experience level.
Network Architect: 60% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.7 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
Gates on the route: Low-Voltage Technician: license not checked yet; Network Architect: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Architect hold one).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year
B +23.4% Texas, 1,100 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 / 5-1.41.6 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-2.18Outdoors, all weather: A 3.78, B 1.6
- Bending or twisting-1.81Bending or twisting: A 3.36, B 1.55
- Climbing ladders-1.80Climbing ladders: A 3.25, B 1.45
- Very hot or cold-1.75Very hot or cold: A 3.2, B 1.45
- Cramped space-1.67Cramped space: A 3.47, B 1.8
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% do).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 65%).
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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 35%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Speaking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Monitoring
- Time Management
- Instructing
- Operations Monitoring
To build: 6
- Programming +2.26
- Technology Design +1.37
- Systems Evaluation +1.13
- Critical Thinking +1.00
- Negotiation +0.88
- Reading Comprehension +0.88
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