Compare A Video Editor ↔ B Audio Video Technician
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1 move · -$11,780 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, 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
Video Editor to Audio Video Technician -$11,780 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 = 0.75.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Monitoring
Side by side
All Audio and Video Technicians: Texas median $49,440, $11,780 less a year than all Film and Video Editors ($61,220), every experience level.
Video Editor: 38% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 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 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 +7.9% Texas, 150 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
1.4 / 5+0.41.8 / 5
- Hazardous conditions+1.17Hazardous conditions: A 1.03, B 2.2
- Outdoors, all weather-0.64Outdoors, all weather: A 2.07, B 1.43
- Kneeling or crawling+0.64Kneeling or crawling: A 1.57, B 2.21
- Standing+0.61Standing: A 1.84, B 2.45
- Cramped space+0.58Cramped space: A 1.35, B 1.93
Degree
A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 66%).
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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 34%).
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
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Complex Problem Solving
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Speaking
To build: 4
- Operations Monitoring +1.25
- Operation and Control +1.12
- Monitoring +0.75
- Service Orientation +0.62
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