Compare A Facilities Manager ↔ B Biomedical Equipment Technician

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Your route

3 moves · -$41,060 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, 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 2, to Electric Motor Repairer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Facilities Technician -$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Electric Motor Repairer +$13,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.92.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Biomedical Equipment Technician -$1,920 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license not checked yet.

Side by side

All Medical Equipment Repairers: Texas median $58,370, $41,060 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), every experience level.

Facilities Manager: 48% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.7 times the share for Biomedical Equipment Technician (28%).

This level's pay

A $29.23 to $36.54/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

$99,430-$41,060$58,370

Gates on the route: 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); Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

48%-20 pts28%

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

2.2 / 5+0.22.5 / 5

Cramped space+0.95Cramped space: A 2.08, B 3.03
Hazardous conditions+0.76Hazardous conditions: A 2.47, B 3.23
High places-0.62High places: A 2.19, B 1.57
Standing+0.61Standing: A 2.93, B 3.54
Kneeling or crawling+0.57Kneeling or crawling: A 1.92, B 2.49

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

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 No license for this job title at the agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA). Texas health department rules for X-ray equipment service were not checked.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 40%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making

To build: 6

Repairing +2.00
Equipment Maintenance +1.62
Troubleshooting +1.26
Equipment Selection +0.75
Operations Monitoring +0.62
Quality Control Analysis +0.50

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