Compare A Electrical Drafter ↔ B Facilities Engineering Manager

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1 move · +$90,750 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Engineering Manager: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Facilities Engineering Manager hold one).

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Electrical Drafter to Facilities Engineering Manager +$90,750 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Facilities Engineering Manager hold one).

Side by side

All Architectural and Engineering Managers: Texas median $171,370, $90,750 more a year than all Electrical and Electronics Drafters ($80,620), every experience level.

Facilities Engineering Manager: 84% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.4 times the share for Electrical Drafter (36%).

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

$80,620+$90,750$171,370

Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Facilities Engineering Manager hold one).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +0.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

B +13.2% Texas, 1,390 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

36%+48 pts84%

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

1.5 / 5-0.11.5 / 5

Cramped space+0.44Cramped space: A 1.26, B 1.7
Hazardous conditions-0.44Hazardous conditions: A 2, B 1.56
Bending or twisting-0.40Bending or twisting: A 1.49, B 1.09
Outdoors, all weather-0.35Outdoors, all weather: A 2.11, B 1.76
Standing+0.19Standing: A 1.97, B 2.16

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% do).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 99%).

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 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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 3

Systems Analysis
Quality Control Analysis
Systems Evaluation

To build: 6

Mathematics +1.13
Time Management +0.76
Coordination +0.75
Management of Personnel Resources +0.75
Monitoring +0.75
Speaking +0.75

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