Compare A Fire Alarm 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
Fire Alarm Technician to Telecommunications Systems Engineer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- 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%, Fire Alarm Technician 57%.
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 +21.6% Texas, 1,300 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
2.9 / 5-1.21.7 / 5
- Very hot or cold-2.19Very hot or cold: A 3.49, B 1.3
- Standing-2.09Standing: A 4.33, B 2.24
- Climbing ladders-2.01Climbing ladders: A 3.46, B 1.45
- Outdoors, all weather-1.81Outdoors, all weather: A 3.43, B 1.62
- High places-1.61High places: A 3.11, B 1.5
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% 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 fire alarm circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). The fire alarm license from the State Fire Marshal (TDI) was 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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 41%).
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
- Operations Monitoring
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
To build: 6
- Operations Analysis +1.87
- Programming +1.75
- Systems Analysis +1.26
- Systems Evaluation +1.26
- Science +1.25
- Writing +1.00
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