Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Facilities Technician

Compare with

Your route

2 moves

No pay difference shown for this route: electrical Apprentice: All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 2, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Maintenance Electrician to Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.65 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Facilities Technician
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.67 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Side by side

All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $11,900 less a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

Facilities Technician: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 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 $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

-$4.98/h on one document, City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range: Electrician I $26.61/h to Maintenance Worker II $21.63/h (-$10,358 a year at 2,080 h). source

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

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

$58,570-$11,900$46,670

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

35%+27 pts62%

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

4.1 / 5-0.73.4 / 5

Climbing ladders-1.59Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.61
Cramped space-1.30Cramped space: A 4.4, B 3.1
Keeping balance-1.28Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.57
Hazardous conditions-1.10Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 3.49
Bending or twisting-1.00Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 3.68

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: 2% 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 state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.

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: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Troubleshooting
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Complex Problem Solving
Monitoring
Operation and Control

To build: 1

Equipment Maintenance +0.88

Make this your goal

Save Maintenance Electrician to Facilities Technician as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 1 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.