Compare A Facilities Maintenance Supervisor ↔ B Facilities Technician

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Your route

2 moves · -$30,090 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor to Electrical Foreman -$2,240 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- 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 Facilities Technician -$27,850 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.62 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Side by side

All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $30,090 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Technician 62%, 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 $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

-$4.11/h on one document, City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range: General Maintenance Supervisor I $25.74/h to Maintenance Worker II $21.63/h (-$8,549 a year at 2,080 h). source

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

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

$76,760-$30,090$46,670

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%+9 pts62%

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

2.6 / 5+0.83.4 / 5

Standing+1.09Standing: A 3.01, B 4.1
Walking or running+1.00Walking or running: A 2.89, B 3.89
Keeping balance+1.00Keeping balance: A 1.57, B 2.57
Outdoors, all weather+0.98Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 4.24
Climbing ladders+0.89Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 2.61

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: 2% 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 state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.

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: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Complex Problem Solving
Monitoring
Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring

To build: 4

Installation +1.25
Equipment Maintenance +1.00
Repairing +1.00
Troubleshooting +0.63

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