Compare A Stationary Engineer ↔ B Housekeeping Supervisor

Compare with

Your route

3 moves · -$22,150 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

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).
Move 2, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Housekeeping Supervisor: 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
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).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Housekeeping Supervisor -$57,770 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- 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 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers: Texas median $41,660, $22,150 less a year than all Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators ($63,810), every experience level.

Stationary Engineer: 32% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).

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

$63,810-$22,150$41,660

Gates on the route: 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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year

B +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

32%-15 pts16%

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

3.3 / 5-0.92.4 / 5

Hazardous equipment-2.43Hazardous equipment: A 3.99, B 1.56
Very hot or cold-2.41Very hot or cold: A 4.08, B 1.67
High places-2.07High places: A 3.66, B 1.59
Outdoors, all weather-1.88Outdoors, all weather: A 4.26, B 2.38
Cramped space-1.26Cramped space: A 3.38, B 2.12

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: 12% 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 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 24%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Coordination
Monitoring
Speaking
Time Management
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 4

Learning Strategies +1.00
Management of Personnel Resources +1.00
Service Orientation +1.00
Negotiation +0.62

Make this your goal

Save Stationary Engineer to Housekeeping Supervisor 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 4 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.