Compare A Energy Auditor ↔ B Fire Protection Engineer
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1 move · +$58,630 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Fire Protection Engineer: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one), license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
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Energy Auditor to Fire Protection Engineer +$58,630 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one), license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
Side by side
All Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers: Texas median $123,440, $58,630 more a year than all Energy Auditors ($64,810), every experience level.
Fire Protection Engineer: 69% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2 times the share for Energy Auditor (34%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one), license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +8.2% Texas, 1,860 openings a year
B +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.6 / 5-0.62.0 / 5
- Cramped space-1.43Cramped space: A 3.24, B 1.81
- Outdoors, all weather-1.26Outdoors, all weather: A 3.72, B 2.46
- Very hot or cold-1.25Very hot or cold: A 3.29, B 2.04
- High places-0.66High places: A 2.62, B 1.96
- Standing-0.65Standing: A 2.97, B 2.32
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 24% do).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 96%).
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 Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 34%).
B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 31%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Instructing
- Learning Strategies
To build: 6
- Technology Design +1.00
- Operations Analysis +0.87
- Science +0.87
- Active Learning +0.76
- Systems Analysis +0.76
- Systems Evaluation +0.76
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