Compare A Computer Repair Technician ↔ B Audio Video Installer
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1 move · +$2,290 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (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)).
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Computer Repair Technician to Audio Video Installer +$2,290 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (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)).
Side by side
All Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: Texas median $47,770, $2,290 more a year than all Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers ($45,480), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Audio Video Installer 13%, Computer Repair Technician 19%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: license depends on the work (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)).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +7.4% Texas, 790 openings a year
B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.2 / 5+0.83.0 / 5
- Climbing ladders+2.03Climbing ladders: A 1.22, B 3.25
- Outdoors, all weather+1.53Outdoors, all weather: A 2.25, B 3.78
- High places+1.37High places: A 1.26, B 2.63
- Hazardous equipment+1.02Hazardous equipment: A 1.59, B 2.61
- Bending or twisting+0.78Bending or twisting: A 2.58, B 3.36
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 17% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% do).
License
A 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).
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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 40%).
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
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Complex Problem Solving
- Equipment Maintenance
- Speaking
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 0
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