Compare A Audio Video Installer ↔ B Network Technician

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1 move · +$19,010 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Network Technician: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one).

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Audio Video Installer to Network Technician +$19,010 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one).

Side by side

All Computer Network Support Specialists: Texas median $66,780, $19,010 more a year than all Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers ($47,770), every experience level.

Network Technician: 46% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.6 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+$19,010$66,780

Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

B +12.4% Texas, 920 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

13%+33 pts46%

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

3.0 / 5-1.31.7 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-2.27Outdoors, all weather: A 3.78, B 1.51
Climbing ladders-1.99Climbing ladders: A 3.25, B 1.26
Very hot or cold-1.76Very hot or cold: A 3.2, B 1.44
Hazardous conditions-1.67Hazardous conditions: A 2.79, B 1.12
Bending or twisting-1.50Bending or twisting: A 3.36, B 1.86

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: 50%).

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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 31%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Judgment and Decision Making
Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Systems Analysis
Troubleshooting
Operations Monitoring

To build: 1

Critical Thinking +0.63

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