Compare A Fiber Optic Technician ↔ B Audio Video Technician

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2 moves · -$26,300 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Audio Video Installer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Audio Video Technician: 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
Fiber Optic Technician to Audio Video Installer -$27,970 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.76.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Repairing, Troubleshooting
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Audio Video Installer to Audio Video Technician +$1,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audio and Video Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (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 Audio and Video Technicians: Texas median $49,440, $26,300 less a year than all Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers ($75,740), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Audio Video Technician 21%, Fiber Optic Technician 30%.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$75,740-$26,300$49,440

Gates on the route: Audio Video Installer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +4.3% Texas, 810 openings a year

B +8.8% Texas, 460 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

30%-9 pts21%

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

3.5 / 5-1.61.8 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-3.52Outdoors, all weather: A 4.95, B 1.43
Very hot or cold-3.02Very hot or cold: A 4.43, B 1.41
Hazardous equipment-1.98Hazardous equipment: A 3.68, B 1.7
High places-1.81High places: A 3.48, B 1.67
Bending or twisting-1.72Bending or twisting: A 3.63, B 1.91

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: 43% do).

License

A No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 29%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 37%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Coordination
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Operation and Control
Social Perceptiveness

To build: 5

Systems Analysis +0.75
Monitoring +0.63
Writing +0.62
Operations Monitoring +0.50
Reading Comprehension +0.50

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Save Fiber Optic Technician to Audio Video Technician as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 5 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.