Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Maintenance Mechanic

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2 moves · +$710 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Maintenance Mechanic: license depends on the work (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).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Maintenance Electrician to Electric Motor Repairer +$1,720 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Repairing
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Maintenance Mechanic -$1,010 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance Workers, Machinery as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.91.
- Gates: license depends on the work (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).

Side by side

All Maintenance Workers, Machinery: Texas median $59,280, $710 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Mechanic 50%, 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+$710$59,280

Gates on the route: Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common); Maintenance Mechanic: license depends on the work (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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +4.4% Texas, 820 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

35%+14 pts50%

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

4.1 / 5-1.03.2 / 5

Keeping balance-2.01Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 1.84
Climbing ladders-1.82Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.38
Bending or twisting-1.69Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 2.99
Outdoors, all weather-1.22Outdoors, all weather: A 4.13, B 2.91
Cramped space-0.94Cramped space: A 4.4, B 3.46

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: 3% 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Troubleshooting
Quality Control Analysis
Active Listening
Coordination
Critical Thinking

To build: 3

Equipment Maintenance +0.75
Operations Monitoring +0.63
Operation and Control +0.62

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