Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

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1 move · -$0.87/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range

$26.61/h (Electrician I) to $25.74/h (General Maintenance Supervisor I), one published document for every stop; -$1,810 a year at 2,080 h. source

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Maintenance Electrician to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor -$0.87/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Lead).
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Negotiation

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers: Texas median $76,760, $18,190 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.5 times the share for Maintenance Electrician (35%).

This level's pay

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

B $25.74 to $30.50/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

-$0.87/h on one document, City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range: Electrician I $26.61/h to General Maintenance Supervisor I $25.74/h (-$1,810 a year at 2,080 h). source

Gates on the route: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

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

$58,570+$18,190$76,760

Gates on the route: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

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

Over 40 h a week

35%+18 pts53%

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

4.1 / 5-1.52.6 / 5

Climbing ladders-2.48Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 1.72
Keeping balance-2.28Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 1.57
Cramped space-2.04Cramped space: A 4.4, B 2.36
Hazardous conditions-1.85Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 2.74
Bending or twisting-1.55Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 3.13

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: 10% 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 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: 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: 41%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Active Learning
Systems Analysis
Complex Problem Solving
Learning Strategies
Social Perceptiveness

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.00
Monitoring +0.88
Negotiation +0.75
Time Management +0.75
Coordination +0.63
Judgment and Decision Making +0.50

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