Compare A Computer Repair Technician ↔ B Parts Salesperson
ShareYour route
No route of 4 moves or fewer from Computer Repair Technician to Parts Salesperson.
Why
- No ladder, side move or related occupation in the data connects these two jobs within 4 moves.
Gates for Parts Salesperson
- Degree Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 14% do).
- License Outside occupation (starting point); its own licensing is not assessed here.
- Experience Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed (O*NET).
Nearest job you can reach
Solar Sales Representative 3 moves · closest skills to Parts Salesperson among the jobs you can reach (O*NET, similarity 0.99)
Side by side
All Parts Salespersons: Texas median $35,440, $10,040 less a year than all Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers ($45,480), every experience level.
Parts Salesperson: 66% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.5 times the share for Computer Repair Technician (19%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates checked: Outside occupation (starting point); its own licensing is not assessed here.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +7.4% Texas, 790 openings a year
B +8.0% Texas, 3,230 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+0.32.5 / 5
- Very hot or cold+1.26Very hot or cold: A 2.55, B 3.81
- Outdoors, all weather+1.05Outdoors, all weather: A 2.25, B 3.3
- Hazardous equipment+0.97Hazardous equipment: A 1.59, B 2.56
- High places+0.96High places: A 1.26, B 2.22
- Kneeling or crawling-0.87Kneeling or crawling: A 2.7, B 1.83
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: 14% 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 Outside occupation (starting point); its own licensing is not assessed here.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 40%).
B Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed (O*NET).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 5
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Time Management
- Writing
To build: 5
- Persuasion +1.25
- Speaking +0.75
- Service Orientation +0.62
- Reading Comprehension +0.50
- Social Perceptiveness +0.50
Make this your goal
Save Computer Repair Technician to Parts Salesperson as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 5 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.
Share your route
One number, the route and its gate go on the card; nothing about you. Your device's dark mode picks the dark card.
Save routes and track your hours with ET Member. Saved routes, your gap plan and alerts when pay, license rules or exams change.
