Compare A Maintenance Mechanic ↔ B Stationary Engineer

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2 moves · +$4,530 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Instrumentation Technician: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Maintenance Mechanic to Instrumentation Technician -$1,050 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Writing
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Instrumentation Technician to Stationary Engineer +$5,580 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates: license not checked yet.
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring

Side by side

All Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators: Texas median $63,810, $4,530 more a year than all Maintenance Workers, Machinery ($59,280), every experience level.

Maintenance Mechanic: 50% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Stationary Engineer (32%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$59,280+$4,530$63,810

Gates on the route: Instrumentation Technician: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common); Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +4.4% Texas, 820 openings a year

B +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

50%-18 pts32%

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

3.2 / 5+0.13.3 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.35Outdoors, all weather: A 2.91, B 4.26
Standing-0.72Standing: A 4.3, B 3.58
High places+0.69High places: A 2.97, B 3.66
Very hot or cold+0.63Very hot or cold: A 3.45, B 4.08
Hazardous conditions+0.58Hazardous conditions: A 3.71, B 4.29

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 license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 24%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Operations Monitoring
Operation and Control
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Equipment Maintenance
Repairing

To build: 0

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