Compare A Computer Systems Analyst ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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Your route

2 moves · -$59,620 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).
Move 2, 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)).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Computer Systems Analyst to Network Technician -$40,610 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Computer Network Support Specialists as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Network Technician to Audio Video Installer -$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: 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, $59,620 less a year than all Computer Systems Analysts ($107,390), every experience level.

Computer Systems Analyst: 56% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.4 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

$107,390-$59,620$47,770

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

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.7% Texas, 3,610 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

56%-43 pts13%

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

1.4 / 5+1.63.0 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+2.65Outdoors, all weather: A 1.13, B 3.78
Climbing ladders+2.13Climbing ladders: A 1.12, B 3.25
Very hot or cold+2.05Very hot or cold: A 1.15, B 3.2
Cramped space+2.02Cramped space: A 1.45, B 3.47
Bending or twisting+1.98Bending or twisting: A 1.38, B 3.36

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% 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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 31%).

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

Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring

To build: 6

Installation +1.76
Repairing +1.74
Equipment Maintenance +1.50
Equipment Selection +0.75
Quality Control Analysis +0.62
Troubleshooting +0.50

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