Compare A Network Systems Administrator ↔ B Audio Video Technician
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3 moves · -$51,800 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 3, to Audio Video Technician: 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
Network Systems Administrator to Low-Voltage Technician -$41,870 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 = 0.80.
- Gates: license not checked yet.
- Skills to build: Installation, Repairing
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).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Audio Video Installer to Audio Video Technician +$1,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audio and Video Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (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 Audio and Video Technicians: Texas median $49,440, $51,800 less a year than all Network and Computer Systems Administrators ($101,240), every experience level.
Network Systems Administrator: 40% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Audio Video Technician (21%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
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 +6.3% Texas, 1,880 openings a year
B +8.8% Texas, 460 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.7 / 5+0.11.8 / 5
- Hazardous conditions+0.80Hazardous conditions: A 1.4, B 2.2
- Hazardous equipment+0.53Hazardous equipment: A 1.17, B 1.7
- Protective gear+0.26Protective gear: A 1.2, B 1.46
- Kneeling or crawling+0.21Kneeling or crawling: A 2, B 2.21
- Outdoors, all weather-0.17Outdoors, all weather: A 1.6, B 1.43
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 30% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% 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 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 43%).
B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 37%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Operations Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Complex Problem Solving
- Active Listening
To build: 0
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