Compare A Network Technician ↔ B Telecommunications Systems Engineer

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Your route

1 move · +$66,530 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Telecommunications Systems Engineer: 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 Technician to Telecommunications Systems Engineer +$66,530 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Telecommunications Engineering Specialists as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Persuasion, Coordination, Reading Comprehension

Side by side

All Telecommunications Engineering Specialists: Texas median $133,310, $66,530 more a year than all Computer Network Support Specialists ($66,780), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Telecommunications Systems Engineer 48%, Network Technician 46%.

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

$66,780+$66,530$133,310

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +12.4% Texas, 920 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

46%+2 pts48%

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

1.7 / 5+0.82.5 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.65Outdoors, all weather: A 1.51, B 3.16
High places+1.33High places: A 1.25, B 2.58
Protective gear+1.31Protective gear: A 1.01, B 2.32
Climbing ladders+1.21Climbing ladders: A 1.26, B 2.47
Very hot or cold+1.11Very hot or cold: A 1.44, B 2.55

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 50%).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 32% 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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 31%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 39%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

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

To build: 3

Persuasion +0.75
Coordination +0.50
Reading Comprehension +0.50

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Save Network Technician to Telecommunications Systems Engineer 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 3 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.