Compare A Facilities Maintenance Supervisor ↔ B Facilities Director

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Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Facilities Director: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor to Facilities Manager
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Lead to Senior). O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness
Move 2 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Manager to Facilities Director
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Senior to Top).
- 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 Facilities Managers: Texas median $99,430, $22,670 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Director 48%, 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

$76,760+$22,670$99,430

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +13.1% Texas, 1,160 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%-5 pts48%

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

2.6 / 5-0.42.2 / 5

Very hot or cold-1.14Very hot or cold: A 3.42, B 2.28
Bending or twisting-1.05Bending or twisting: A 3.13, B 2.08
Hazardous equipment-0.92Hazardous equipment: A 3.54, B 2.62
Outdoors, all weather-0.60Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 2.66
Kneeling or crawling-0.40Kneeling or crawling: A 2.32, B 1.92

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: 7% 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

Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Coordination

To build: 1

Social Perceptiveness +0.50

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