Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Electromechanical Assembler
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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.
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 Electromechanical Assembler: 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
Maintenance Electrician to Boilermaker
- 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 Electromechanical Assembler
- O*NET lists Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (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
More than 40 hours a week: Electromechanical Assembler 28%, 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.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
B +10.3% Texas, 1,950 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
4.1 / 5-2.12.0 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-3.02Outdoors, all weather: A 4.13, B 1.11
- Climbing ladders-2.86Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 1.34
- Very hot or cold-2.76Very hot or cold: A 4.17, B 1.41
- Keeping balance-2.31Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 1.54
- High places-2.17High places: A 3.69, B 1.52
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: 1% 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 No license for this job title at the Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; electrical equipment makers' employees are exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(7)).
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: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 31%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Troubleshooting
To build: 0
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