Compare A Communications Electrician Supervisor ↔ B Network Technician

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No pay difference shown for this route: infrastructure Engineer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Technical Project Manager: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Project Manager hold one).
Move 3, to Infrastructure Engineer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 4, to Network Technician: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Communications Electrician Supervisor to Facilities Manager
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Technical Project Manager
- O*NET lists Project Management Specialists as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Project Manager hold one).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Technical Project Manager to Infrastructure Engineer
- O*NET lists Computer Systems Engineers/Architects as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.75 (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).
Move 4 Transfer move to the side
Infrastructure Engineer to Network Technician
- O*NET lists Computer Network Support Specialists as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Troubleshooting

Side by side

All Computer Network Support Specialists: Texas median $66,780, $9,980 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Network Technician 46%, Communications Electrician Supervisor 53%.

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

$76,760-$9,980$66,780

Gates on the route: Technical Project Manager: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Project Manager hold one); Network Technician: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +12.4% Texas, 920 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%-7 pts46%

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

2.6 / 5-0.91.7 / 5

Hazardous equipment-2.23Hazardous equipment: A 3.54, B 1.31
Very hot or cold-1.98Very hot or cold: A 3.42, B 1.44
Outdoors, all weather-1.75Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 1.51
Hazardous conditions-1.62Hazardous conditions: A 2.74, B 1.12
Bending or twisting-1.27Bending or twisting: A 3.13, B 1.86

Degree

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

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 50%).

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 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: 41%).

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

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 0

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