Compare A Communications Electrician Supervisor ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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Your route

No route of 4 moves or fewer from Communications Electrician Supervisor to Audio Video Installer.

Why

The shortest path in the data takes 5 moves, more than the 4 this map plans.

Shortest path in the data (5 moves): Communications Electrician Supervisor → Electrical Foreman → Civil Engineering Technician → Controls Technician → Network Technician → Audio Video Installer

Gates for Audio Video Installer

Degree Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% do).
License 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).
Experience Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

Nearest job you can reach

Appliance Service Technician 4 moves · closest skills to Audio Video Installer among the jobs you can reach (O*NET, similarity 1.00)

People reach Audio Video Installer from

Audio Video Technician O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
Mobile Electronics Installer O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
Fiber Optic Technician O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.76.

Side by side

All Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: Texas median $47,770, $28,990 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

Communications Electrician Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.2 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

$76,760-$28,990$47,770

Gates checked: Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% do). 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). Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%-40 pts13%

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

2.6 / 5+0.43.0 / 5

Climbing ladders+1.53Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 3.25
Cramped space+1.11Cramped space: A 2.36, B 3.47
Hazardous equipment-0.93Hazardous equipment: A 3.54, B 2.61
Kneeling or crawling+0.93Kneeling or crawling: A 2.32, B 3.25
Standing+0.92Standing: A 3.01, B 3.93

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

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

License

A Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8).

B 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).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 41%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Quality Control Analysis
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring

To build: 4

Installation +1.63
Repairing +0.74
Equipment Maintenance +0.50
Troubleshooting +0.50

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