Compare A Infrastructure Engineer ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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No pay difference shown for this route: infrastructure Engineer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Network Technician: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Infrastructure Engineer to Network Technician
- O*NET lists Computer Network Support Specialists as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Troubleshooting
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Network Technician to Audio Video Installer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)).

Side by side

Infrastructure Engineer: 41% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.2 times the share for Audio Video Installer (13%).

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

$111,530no difference shown$47,770

OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.9% Texas, 4,710 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

41%-28 pts13%

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

1.7 / 5+1.33.0 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+2.16Outdoors, all weather: A 1.62, B 3.78
Very hot or cold+1.90Very hot or cold: A 1.3, B 3.2
Climbing ladders+1.80Climbing ladders: A 1.45, B 3.25
Standing+1.69Standing: A 2.24, B 3.93
Bending or twisting+1.41Bending or twisting: A 1.95, B 3.36

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 27% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% 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 TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 27%).

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

Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring

To build: 6

Repairing +1.87
Installation +1.76
Equipment Maintenance +1.50
Troubleshooting +1.12
Equipment Selection +0.88
Quality Control Analysis +0.50

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