Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Appliance Service Technician

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3 moves · -$9,940 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Mobile Electronics Installer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Maintenance Electrician to Boilermaker +$17,180 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Boilermaker to Mobile Electronics Installer -$27,020 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (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 3 Transfer move to the side
Mobile Electronics Installer to Appliance Service Technician -$100 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: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).

Side by side

All Home Appliance Repairers: Texas median $48,630, $9,940 less a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Appliance Service Technician 32%, Maintenance Electrician 35%.

This level's pay

A $26.61 to $31.87/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

B No headline record for this level

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

$58,570-$9,940$48,630

Gates on the route: Boilermaker: license not checked yet, experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common); Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

B +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

35%-3 pts32%

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

4.1 / 5-1.32.8 / 5

Climbing ladders-2.80Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 1.4
High places-2.27High places: A 3.69, B 1.42
Protective gear-2.11Protective gear: A 3.22, B 1.11
Hazardous conditions-1.53Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 3.06
Walking or running-1.50Walking or running: A 4.23, B 2.73

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

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

B Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Troubleshooting
Quality Control Analysis
Speaking
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Reading Comprehension

To build: 1

Equipment Maintenance +0.62

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