Compare A Field Radio Technician ↔ B Telecommunications Systems Engineer
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1 move · +$55,400 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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 1 Transfer move to the side
Field Radio Technician to Telecommunications Systems Engineer +$55,400 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- 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).
Side by side
All Telecommunications Engineering Specialists: Texas median $133,310, $55,400 more a year than all Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers ($77,910), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Telecommunications Systems Engineer 48%, Field Radio Technician 39%.
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 +17.3% Texas, 80 openings a year
B +23.4% Texas, 1,100 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 / 5-0.22.5 / 5
- Hazardous equipment-0.82Hazardous equipment: A 2.75, B 1.93
- High places-0.51High places: A 3.09, B 2.58
- Very hot or cold-0.50Very hot or cold: A 3.05, B 2.55
- Cramped space-0.49Cramped space: A 2.75, B 2.26
- Outdoors, all weather-0.40Outdoors, all weather: A 3.56, B 3.16
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: 32% 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 39%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Learning
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Systems Analysis
To build: 2
- Critical Thinking +0.63
- Reading Comprehension +0.63
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