Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Maintenance Mechanic
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1 move · +$12,610 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Maintenance Mechanic: 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 Mechanic +$12,610 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance Workers, Machinery as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control
Side by side
All Maintenance Workers, Machinery: Texas median $59,280, $12,610 more a year than all Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ($46,670), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Mechanic 50%, 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
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 +4.4% Texas, 820 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 / 5-0.33.2 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.33Outdoors, all weather: A 4.24, B 2.91
- Very hot or cold-0.73Very hot or cold: A 4.18, B 3.45
- Keeping balance-0.73Keeping balance: A 2.57, B 1.84
- Bending or twisting-0.69Bending or twisting: A 3.68, B 2.99
- Protective gear+0.41Protective gear: A 2.46, B 2.87
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: 3% 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
- Coordination
To build: 2
- Operations Monitoring +0.63
- Operation and Control +0.50
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