Compare A Millwright ↔ B Maintenance Mechanic
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1 move · -$3,350 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Maintenance Mechanic: license depends on the work (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).
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Millwright to Maintenance Mechanic -$3,350 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance Workers, Machinery as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (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).
Side by side
All Maintenance Workers, Machinery: Texas median $59,280, $3,350 less a year than all Millwrights ($62,630), every experience level.
Millwright: 82% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Maintenance Mechanic (50%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: license depends on the work (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).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +5.0% Texas, 300 openings a year
B +4.4% Texas, 820 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.7 / 5-0.63.2 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.45Outdoors, all weather: A 4.36, B 2.91
- Protective gear-1.36Protective gear: A 4.23, B 2.87
- Bending or twisting-0.92Bending or twisting: A 3.91, B 2.99
- High places-0.89High places: A 3.86, B 2.97
- Keeping balance-0.71Keeping balance: A 2.55, B 1.84
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: 3% do).
License
A 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).
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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 27%).
B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Equipment Maintenance
- Operations Monitoring
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
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