Compare A Field Radio Technician ↔ B Infrastructure Engineer
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No pay difference shown for this route: infrastructure Engineer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Telecommunications Systems Engineer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 2, to Infrastructure Engineer: 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
Field Radio Technician to Telecommunications Systems Engineer
- O*NET lists Telecommunications Engineering Specialists as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (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 Transfer move to the side
Telecommunications Systems Engineer to Infrastructure Engineer
- O*NET lists Computer Systems Engineers/Architects as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.81.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Programming, Science, Operations Analysis
Side by side
More than 40 hours a week: Infrastructure Engineer 41%, Field Radio Technician 39%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +17.3% Texas, 80 openings a year
B +21.9% Texas, 4,710 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.6 / 5-0.91.7 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.94Outdoors, all weather: A 3.56, B 1.62
- Very hot or cold-1.75Very hot or cold: A 3.05, B 1.3
- High places-1.59High places: A 3.09, B 1.5
- Protective gear-1.36Protective gear: A 2.5, B 1.14
- Hazardous equipment-1.32Hazardous equipment: A 2.75, B 1.43
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 27% do).
License
A No TDLR electrician license for telecom providers' communications equipment (1305.003(a)(4)). FCC radio operator licenses were not checked: fcc.gov answered HTTP 403 on 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 31%).
B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 27%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Quality Control Analysis
- Coordination
- Instructing
- Mathematics
- Operations Monitoring
- Social Perceptiveness
To build: 6
- Operations Analysis +2.50
- Programming +1.50
- Science +1.25
- Systems Evaluation +1.00
- Systems Analysis +0.88
- Writing +0.88
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