Compare A Senior Facilities Engineer (Electrical) ↔ B Architectural Drafter

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Move 1, to Principal Facilities Engineer (Electrical): no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Facilities Engineering Manager: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 3, to Architectural Drafter: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 I1 step up on Semiconductor fab facilities (electrical)
Senior Facilities Engineer (Electrical) to Principal Facilities Engineer (Electrical)
- Next rung on 'Semiconductor fab facilities (electrical)' (Senior to Senior).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 I1 step up on Semiconductor fab facilities (electrical)
Principal Facilities Engineer (Electrical) to Facilities Engineering Manager
- Next rung on 'Semiconductor fab facilities (electrical)' (Senior to Top).
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Engineering Manager to Architectural Drafter
- O*NET lists Architectural and Civil Drafters as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.90.
- 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 Architectural and Civil Drafters: Texas median $63,320, $66,130 less a year than all Electrical Engineers ($129,450), every experience level.

Senior Facilities Engineer (Electrical): 58% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.3 times the share for Architectural Drafter (26%).

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

$129,450-$66,130$63,320

Gates on the route: Facilities Engineering Manager: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.0% Texas, 1,060 openings a year

B +15.1% Texas, 1,390 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

58%-32 pts26%

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

2.0 / 5-0.61.4 / 5

Hazardous conditions-1.03Hazardous conditions: A 2.24, B 1.21
Very hot or cold-0.98Very hot or cold: A 2.39, B 1.41
Hazardous equipment-0.98Hazardous equipment: A 2.18, B 1.2
Cramped space-0.90Cramped space: A 2.01, B 1.11
Bending or twisting-0.74Bending or twisting: A 1.88, B 1.14

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 89%).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 62%).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

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: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 25%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making
Coordination
Monitoring

To build: 0

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