Compare A Industrial Engineer ↔ B Electronic Design Engineer
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1 move · +$27,660 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Electronic Design Engineer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Industrial Engineer to Electronic Design Engineer +$27,660 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electronics Engineers, Except Computer as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.77 (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 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer: Texas median $132,220, $27,660 more a year than all Industrial Engineers ($104,560), every experience level.
Industrial Engineer: 80% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Electronic Design Engineer (42%).
This level's pay
A $101,314 a year H-1B filings, n = 42, TX+AZ, 2026
B No headline record for this level
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
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 +20.3% Texas, 2,390 openings a year
B +19.5% Texas, 670 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.8 / 5-0.41.5 / 5
- Hazardous equipment-1.02Hazardous equipment: A 2.55, B 1.53
- Very hot or cold-0.99Very hot or cold: A 2.06, B 1.07
- Walking or running-0.82Walking or running: A 2.35, B 1.53
- Outdoors, all weather-0.62Outdoors, all weather: A 1.76, B 1.14
- Protective gear-0.60Protective gear: A 1.75, B 1.15
Degree
A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 74%).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 86%).
License
A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
B Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 42%).
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 34%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Mathematics
To build: 6
- Troubleshooting +1.00
- Science +0.88
- Technology Design +0.88
- Quality Control Analysis +0.87
- Operations Analysis +0.75
- Judgment and Decision Making +0.63
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