Compare A Ironworker ↔ B Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

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

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet.
Move 2, to Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).
Move 3, to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 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
Ironworker to Weatherization Installer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Weatherization Installer to Solar Energy Installation Manager
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Solar Energy Installation Manager to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (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 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers: Texas median $76,760, $24,520 more a year than all Structural Iron and Steel Workers ($52,240), every experience level.

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Ironworker (34%).

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $25.74 to $30.50/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

$52,240+$24,520$76,760

Gates on the route: Weatherization Installer: license not checked yet; Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +3.6% Texas, 850 openings a year

B +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

34%+19 pts53%

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

3.4 / 5-0.82.6 / 5

Protective gear-1.56Protective gear: A 3.47, B 1.91
Standing-1.36Standing: A 4.37, B 3.01
Climbing ladders-1.35Climbing ladders: A 3.07, B 1.72
High places-1.31High places: A 3.74, B 2.43
Kneeling or crawling-1.06Kneeling or crawling: A 3.38, B 2.32

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% 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 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.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 57%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 41%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 4

Operations Monitoring
Complex Problem Solving
Operation and Control
Service Orientation

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.50
Systems Analysis +1.25
Systems Evaluation +1.12
Monitoring +1.00
Negotiation +1.00
Writing +1.00

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