Compare A Housekeeping Supervisor ↔ B Industrial Machinery Mechanic

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Your route

3 moves · +$20,270 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 3, to Industrial Machinery Mechanic: 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
Housekeeping Supervisor to Electrical Foreman +$32,860 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Active Listening, Coordination, Critical Thinking
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Facilities Technician -$27,850 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.62 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Industrial Machinery Mechanic +$15,260 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Industrial Machinery Mechanics as a related occupation (Primary-Short); 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: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis

Side by side

All Industrial Machinery Mechanics: Texas median $61,930, $20,270 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers ($41,660), every experience level.

Industrial Machinery Mechanic: 47% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.9 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).

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

$41,660+$20,270$61,930

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year

B +21.8% Texas, 6,380 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

16%+31 pts47%

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

2.4 / 5+0.62.9 / 5

Hazardous equipment+2.50Hazardous equipment: A 1.56, B 4.06
Very hot or cold+1.54Very hot or cold: A 1.67, B 3.21
High places+1.49High places: A 1.59, B 3.08
Protective gear+1.30Protective gear: A 1.2, B 2.5
Cramped space+0.81Cramped space: A 2.12, B 2.93

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 12% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A 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).

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Monitoring
Coordination

To build: 6

Repairing +2.12
Operation and Control +2.00
Equipment Maintenance +1.88
Troubleshooting +1.88
Operations Monitoring +1.75
Equipment Selection +1.12

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