Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Maintenance Helper
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1 move · -$9,670 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Maintenance Helper: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Facilities Technician to Maintenance Helper -$9,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (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).
Side by side
All Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers: Texas median $37,000, $9,670 less a year than all Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ($46,670), every experience level.
Facilities Technician: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.1 times the share for Maintenance Helper (29%).
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
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 +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.4 / 5-0.23.2 / 5
- Protective gear+0.66Protective gear: A 2.46, B 3.12
- Bending or twisting-0.55Bending or twisting: A 3.68, B 3.13
- Hazardous equipment-0.48Hazardous equipment: A 4.21, B 3.73
- Walking or running-0.45Walking or running: A 3.89, B 3.44
- Kneeling or crawling-0.38Kneeling or crawling: A 3.04, B 2.66
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: 0% do).
License
A No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.
B 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.
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: 34%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
To build: 0
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