Compare A Maintenance Helper ↔ B Facilities Technician
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1 move · +$9,670 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Facilities Technician: 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 Helper to Facilities Technician +$9,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Start to Skilled). O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Troubleshooting
Side by side
All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $9,670 more a year than all Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers ($37,000), every experience level.
Facilities Technician: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.1 times the share for Maintenance Helper (29%).
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025
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
Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year
B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.2 / 5+0.23.4 / 5
- Protective gear-0.66Protective gear: A 3.12, B 2.46
- Bending or twisting+0.55Bending or twisting: A 3.13, B 3.68
- Hazardous equipment+0.48Hazardous equipment: A 3.73, B 4.21
- Walking or running+0.45Walking or running: A 3.44, B 3.89
- Kneeling or crawling+0.38Kneeling or crawling: A 2.66, B 3.04
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).
License
A 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.
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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 34%).
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
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
To build: 6
- Equipment Maintenance +0.76
- Repairing +0.76
- Troubleshooting +0.63
- Installation +0.62
- Active Learning +0.50
- Complex Problem Solving +0.50
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