Compare A Stationary Engineer ↔ B Facilities Technician
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1 move · -$17,140 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
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Stationary Engineer to Facilities Technician -$17,140 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Side by side
All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $17,140 less a year than all Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators ($63,810), every experience level.
Facilities Technician: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2 times the share for Stationary Engineer (32%).
This level's pay
A No headline record for this level
B $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025
No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year
B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.3 / 5+0.23.4 / 5
- Bending or twisting+1.06Bending or twisting: A 2.62, B 3.68
- Hazardous conditions-0.80Hazardous conditions: A 4.29, B 3.49
- High places-0.66High places: A 3.66, B 3
- Walking or running+0.66Walking or running: A 3.23, B 3.89
- Standing+0.52Standing: A 3.58, B 4.1
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: 2% do).
License
A No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.
B No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 24%).
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
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
To build: 5
- Installation +0.88
- Equipment Maintenance +0.63
- Repairing +0.63
- Equipment Selection +0.50
- Troubleshooting +0.50
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