Compare A Maintenance Helper ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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2 moves · +$21,570 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 2, to Maintenance Electrician: 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
Move 2 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician +$11,900 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $21,570 more a year than all Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers ($37,000), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Maintenance Helper 29%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $26.61 to $31.87/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

$37,000+$21,570$58,570

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 +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

29%+6 pts35%

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

3.2 / 5+0.94.1 / 5

Climbing ladders+1.82Climbing ladders: A 2.38, B 4.2
Keeping balance+1.58Keeping balance: A 2.27, B 3.85
Bending or twisting+1.55Bending or twisting: A 3.13, B 4.68
Hazardous conditions+1.29Hazardous conditions: A 3.3, B 4.59
Cramped space+1.24Cramped space: A 3.16, B 4.4

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: 1% 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 TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).

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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Quality Control Analysis
Coordination
Monitoring
Operations Monitoring
Equipment Maintenance
Equipment Selection

To build: 6

Persuasion +1.12
Mathematics +1.00
Instructing +0.88
Systems Analysis +0.88
Troubleshooting +0.88
Writing +0.88

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Save Maintenance Helper to Maintenance Electrician 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 6 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.