Compare A Industrial Machinery Mechanic ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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2 moves · -$3,360 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Maintenance Electrician: 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
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).
Move 2 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician +$11,900 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $3,360 less a year than all Industrial Machinery Mechanics ($61,930), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Industrial Machinery Mechanic 47%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $26.61 to $31.87/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

$61,930-$3,360$58,570

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 +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

47%-12 pts35%

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

2.9 / 5+1.24.1 / 5

Climbing ladders+2.21Climbing ladders: A 1.99, B 4.2
Bending or twisting+2.08Bending or twisting: A 2.6, B 4.68
Keeping balance+2.02Keeping balance: A 1.83, B 3.85
Cramped space+1.47Cramped space: A 2.93, B 4.4
Outdoors, all weather+1.44Outdoors, all weather: A 2.69, B 4.13

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: 1% 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 TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).

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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Troubleshooting
Repairing
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Judgment and Decision Making
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 4

Persuasion +0.88
Service Orientation +0.75
Installation +0.63
Mathematics +0.62

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