Compare A Mobile Electronics Installer ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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1 move · -$960 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

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Mobile Electronics Installer to Audio Video Installer -$960 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis

Side by side

All Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: Texas median $47,770, $960 less a year than all Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles ($48,730), every experience level.

Mobile Electronics Installer: 75% work more than 40 hours a week, about 5.8 times the share for Audio Video Installer (13%).

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

$48,730-$960$47,770

Gates on the route: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A -4.8% Texas, 100 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

75%-62 pts13%

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

2.7 / 5+0.33.0 / 5

Climbing ladders+2.01Climbing ladders: A 1.24, B 3.25
Outdoors, all weather+1.52Outdoors, all weather: A 2.26, B 3.78
High places+1.20High places: A 1.43, B 2.63
Walking or running-0.68Walking or running: A 3.42, B 2.74
Hazardous conditions+0.57Hazardous conditions: A 2.22, B 2.79

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: 5% do).

License

A No license for this job at the Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; vehicle electrical work is exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(1)).

B No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 52%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Troubleshooting
Equipment Maintenance
Installation
Active Listening
Critical Thinking

To build: 1

Quality Control Analysis +0.62

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