Compare A Facilities Maintenance Supervisor ↔ B Electric Motor Repairer
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No pay difference shown for this route: electrical Apprentice: All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Move 2, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
- Move 3, to Electric Motor Repairer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Electric Motor Repairer
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.65 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Side by side
All Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: Texas median $60,290, $16,470 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Electric Motor Repairer 38%, Facilities Maintenance Supervisor 53%.
This level's pay
A $25.74 to $30.50/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025
B No headline record for this level
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year
B +9.1% Texas, 260 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+0.43.0 / 5
- Standing+1.39Standing: A 3.01, B 4.4
- Hazardous conditions+1.12Hazardous conditions: A 2.74, B 3.86
- Kneeling or crawling+0.70Kneeling or crawling: A 2.32, B 3.02
- Keeping balance+0.68Keeping balance: A 1.57, B 2.25
- Outdoors, all weather-0.64Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 2.62
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A 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.
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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 41%).
B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 6
- Installation +1.25
- Repairing +1.24
- Equipment Maintenance +1.00
- Equipment Selection +1.00
- Troubleshooting +0.76
- Complex Problem Solving +0.50
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