Compare A Network Architect ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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2 moves · -$85,540 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Low-Voltage Technician: license not checked yet.
Move 2, 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).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Network Architect to Low-Voltage Technician -$73,940 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Low-Voltage Technician to Audio Video Installer -$11,600 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.91.
- 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).

Side by side

All Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: Texas median $47,770, $85,540 less a year than all Computer Network Architects ($133,310), every experience level.

Network Architect: 60% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.7 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

$133,310-$85,540$47,770

Gates on the route: Low-Voltage Technician: license not checked yet; 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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +23.4% Texas, 1,100 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

60%-47 pts13%

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

1.6 / 5+1.43.0 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+2.18Outdoors, all weather: A 1.6, B 3.78
Bending or twisting+1.81Bending or twisting: A 1.55, B 3.36
Climbing ladders+1.80Climbing ladders: A 1.45, B 3.25
Very hot or cold+1.75Very hot or cold: A 1.45, B 3.2
Cramped space+1.67Cramped space: A 1.8, B 3.47

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 65%).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% 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 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 35%).

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

Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring

To build: 4

Installation +1.63
Repairing +1.50
Equipment Maintenance +1.13
Troubleshooting +0.74

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