Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ 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 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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).
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, $52,760 more a year than all Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ($46,670), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Director 48%, Facilities Technician 62%.

This level's pay

A $21.63 to $23.79/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

$46,670+$52,760$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 +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

62%-14 pts48%

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

3.4 / 5-1.22.2 / 5

Very hot or cold-1.90Very hot or cold: A 4.18, B 2.28
Bending or twisting-1.60Bending or twisting: A 3.68, B 2.08
Hazardous equipment-1.59Hazardous equipment: A 4.21, B 2.62
Outdoors, all weather-1.58Outdoors, all weather: A 4.24, B 2.66
Walking or running-1.27Walking or running: A 3.89, B 2.62

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).

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

License

A No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.

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: 47%).

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: 1

Active Learning

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.12
Speaking +0.88
Instructing +0.87
Persuasion +0.87
Social Perceptiveness +0.87
Active Listening +0.75

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