Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Housekeeping Supervisor

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2 moves · -$16,910 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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 2, to Housekeeping Supervisor: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Maintenance Electrician to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor +$18,190 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- 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
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor to Housekeeping Supervisor -$35,100 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78.
- 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 Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers: Texas median $41,660, $16,910 less a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

Maintenance Electrician: 35% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.2 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).

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-$16,910$41,660

Gates on the route: Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: 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 +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

35%-19 pts16%

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

4.1 / 5-1.82.4 / 5

Climbing ladders-2.87Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 1.33
Very hot or cold-2.50Very hot or cold: A 4.17, B 1.67
Hazardous equipment-2.48Hazardous equipment: A 4.04, B 1.56
Keeping balance-2.30Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 1.55
Cramped space-2.28Cramped space: A 4.4, B 2.12

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: 12% 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 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Coordination
Monitoring
Speaking
Time Management
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 2

Negotiation +0.75
Management of Personnel Resources +0.50

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Save Maintenance Electrician to Housekeeping Supervisor 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 2 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.