Compare A Maintenance Mechanic ↔ B Maintenance Helper
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1 move · -$22,280 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Maintenance Helper: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
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Maintenance Mechanic to Maintenance Helper -$22,280 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Side by side
All Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers: Texas median $37,000, $22,280 less a year than all Maintenance Workers, Machinery ($59,280), every experience level.
Maintenance Mechanic: 50% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.7 times the share for Maintenance Helper (29%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: 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 +9.3% Texas, 1,810 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+0.13.2 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather+1.03Outdoors, all weather: A 2.91, B 3.94
- Keeping balance+0.43Keeping balance: A 1.84, B 2.27
- Very hot or cold+0.42Very hot or cold: A 3.45, B 3.87
- Hazardous conditions-0.41Hazardous conditions: A 3.71, B 3.3
- Standing-0.31Standing: A 4.3, B 3.99
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: 0% 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 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 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: 34%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Repairing
To build: 0
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