Compare A Industrial Machinery Mechanic ↔ B Facilities Technician
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1 move · -$15,260 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Facilities Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Industrial Machinery Mechanic to Facilities Technician -$15,260 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88 (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).
Side by side
All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $15,260 less a year than all Industrial Machinery Mechanics ($61,930), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Technician 62%, Industrial Machinery Mechanic 47%.
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025
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 +21.8% Texas, 6,380 openings a year
B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.9 / 5+0.53.4 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather+1.55Outdoors, all weather: A 2.69, B 4.24
- Bending or twisting+1.08Bending or twisting: A 2.6, B 3.68
- Very hot or cold+0.97Very hot or cold: A 3.21, B 4.18
- Keeping balance+0.74Keeping balance: A 1.83, B 2.57
- Kneeling or crawling+0.66Kneeling or crawling: A 2.38, B 3.04
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: 2% do).
License
A 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.
B No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).
B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
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