Compare A Maintenance Mechanic ↔ B Facilities Manager

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2 moves · +$40,150 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Maintenance Mechanic to Facilities Technician -$12,610 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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 Facilities Managers: Texas median $99,430, $40,150 more a year than all Maintenance Workers, Machinery ($59,280), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Manager 48%, Maintenance Mechanic 50%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $29.23 to $36.54/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

$59,280+$40,150$99,430

Gates on the route: Facilities Technician: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +4.4% Texas, 820 openings a year

B +13.1% Texas, 1,160 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

50%-2 pts48%

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

3.2 / 5-0.92.2 / 5

Cramped space-1.38Cramped space: A 3.46, B 2.08
Standing-1.37Standing: A 4.3, B 2.93
Protective gear-1.30Protective gear: A 2.87, B 1.57
Hazardous conditions-1.24Hazardous conditions: A 3.71, B 2.47
Hazardous equipment-1.24Hazardous equipment: A 3.86, B 2.62

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 3% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% 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 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.38
Instructing +1.00
Monitoring +1.00
Persuasion +1.00
Social Perceptiveness +1.00
Speaking +1.00

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