Compare A Electrical Assembler ↔ B Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Production Supervisor: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Assembler to Production Supervisor
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Production Supervisor to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis

Side by side

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 times the share for Electrical Assembler (29%).

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $25.74 to $30.50/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.3% Texas, 1,950 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

29%+24 pts53%

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

1.9 / 5+0.82.6 / 5

Very hot or cold+2.39Very hot or cold: A 1.03, B 3.42
Outdoors, all weather+1.72Outdoors, all weather: A 1.54, B 3.26
High places+1.14High places: A 1.29, B 2.43
Hazardous equipment+0.97Hazardous equipment: A 2.57, B 3.54
Kneeling or crawling+0.90Kneeling or crawling: A 1.42, B 2.32

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: 10% do).

License

A No license for this job title at the Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; electrical equipment makers' employees are exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(7)).

B No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 51%).

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

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 1

Operation and Control

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.88
Systems Analysis +1.25
Speaking +1.13
Learning Strategies +1.12
Monitoring +1.12
Systems Evaluation +1.12

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