Compare A Facilities Maintenance Supervisor ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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3 moves · -$18,190 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 3, to Maintenance Electrician: 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 -$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).
Move 3 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician +$11,900 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $18,190 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.5 times the share for Maintenance Electrician (35%).

This level's pay

A $25.74 to $30.50/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

B $26.61 to $31.87/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

+$0.87/h on one document, City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range: General Maintenance Supervisor I $25.74/h to Electrician I $26.61/h (+$1,810 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-$18,190$58,570

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%-18 pts35%

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

2.6 / 5+1.54.1 / 5

Climbing ladders+2.48Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 4.2
Keeping balance+2.28Keeping balance: A 1.57, B 3.85
Cramped space+2.04Cramped space: A 2.36, B 4.4
Hazardous conditions+1.85Hazardous conditions: A 2.74, B 4.59
Bending or twisting+1.55Bending or twisting: A 3.13, B 4.68

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: 1% 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 TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).

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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Learning
Judgment and Decision Making
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 3

Installation +1.50
Troubleshooting +0.88
Repairing +0.62

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