Compare A Industrial Machinery Mechanic ↔ B Millwright

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1 move · +$700 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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Move 1, to Millwright: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

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Industrial Machinery Mechanic to Millwright +$700 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Millwrights as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83.
- Gates: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Installation, Service Orientation

Side by side

All Millwrights: Texas median $62,630, $700 more a year than all Industrial Machinery Mechanics ($61,930), every experience level.

Millwright: 82% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.7 times the share for Industrial Machinery Mechanic (47%).

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

$61,930+$700$62,630

Gates on the route: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +5.0% Texas, 300 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

47%+35 pts82%

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

2.9 / 5+0.83.7 / 5

Protective gear+1.73Protective gear: A 2.5, B 4.23
Outdoors, all weather+1.67Outdoors, all weather: A 2.69, B 4.36
Bending or twisting+1.31Bending or twisting: A 2.6, B 3.91
Cramped space+1.16Cramped space: A 2.93, B 4.09
Kneeling or crawling+1.07Kneeling or crawling: A 2.38, B 3.45

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: 0% 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 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 27%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Equipment Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring
Repairing
Operation and Control

To build: 2

Installation +1.13
Service Orientation +0.75

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