Compare A Mechanical Engineer ↔ B Facilities Engineering Manager

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Your route

2 moves · +$58,960 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Industrial Engineer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Facilities Engineering 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
Mechanical Engineer to Industrial Engineer -$7,850 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Industrial Engineers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.90.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Speaking
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Industrial Engineer to Facilities Engineering Manager +$66,810 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Architectural and Engineering Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.91 (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 Architectural and Engineering Managers: Texas median $171,370, $58,960 more a year than all Mechanical Engineers ($112,410), every experience level.

Facilities Engineering Manager: 84% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Mechanical Engineer (45%).

This level's pay

A $99,206 a year H-1B filings, n = 157, TX+AZ, 2026

B No headline record for this level

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

$112,410+$58,960$171,370

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

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +18.6% Texas, 1,350 openings a year

B +13.2% Texas, 1,390 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

45%+39 pts84%

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

1.8 / 5-0.31.5 / 5

Bending or twisting-0.62Bending or twisting: A 1.71, B 1.09
Kneeling or crawling-0.58Kneeling or crawling: A 1.87, B 1.29
Climbing ladders-0.55Climbing ladders: A 1.63, B 1.08
High places-0.54High places: A 1.76, B 1.22
Hazardous equipment-0.47Hazardous equipment: A 2.01, B 1.54

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 53%).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 99%).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

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: 24%).

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Mathematics

To build: 6

Time Management +0.88
Coordination +0.75
Social Perceptiveness +0.62
Speaking +0.62
Writing +0.62
Monitoring +0.50

Make this your goal

Save Mechanical Engineer to Facilities Engineering Manager 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.