Compare A Appliance Service Technician ↔ B Communications Electrician Supervisor

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3 moves · +$28,130 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Lighting Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Fire Alarm Technician: license not checked yet.
Move 3, to Communications Electrician Supervisor: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Appliance Service Technician to Lighting Technician +$4,520 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Lighting Technicians as a related occupation (Supplemental) (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 2 Transfer move to the side
Lighting Technician to Fire Alarm Technician -$880 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers as a related occupation (Supplemental) (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Move 3 L1 step up on Low-voltage and life-safety systems
Fire Alarm Technician to Communications Electrician Supervisor +$24,490 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Low-voltage and life-safety systems' (Skilled to Lead).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Negotiation

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers: Texas median $76,760, $28,130 more a year than all Home Appliance Repairers ($48,630), every experience level.

Communications Electrician Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Appliance Service Technician (32%).

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

$48,630+$28,130$76,760

Gates on the route: Fire Alarm Technician: license not checked yet; Communications Electrician Supervisor: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

B +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

32%+21 pts53%

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

2.8 / 5-0.22.6 / 5

Cramped space-1.74Cramped space: A 4.1, B 2.36
Kneeling or crawling-1.13Kneeling or crawling: A 3.45, B 2.32
High places+1.01High places: A 1.42, B 2.43
Keeping balance-0.80Keeping balance: A 2.37, B 1.57
Protective gear+0.80Protective gear: A 1.11, B 1.91

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: 10% do).

License

A Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.

B Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 34%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 41%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Listening
Quality Control Analysis
Operations Monitoring
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.38
Monitoring +1.12
Coordination +1.00
Learning Strategies +1.00
Systems Evaluation +0.87
Instructing +0.75

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