Compare A Audio Video Technician ↔ B Technical Director

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1 move · +$22,270 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Technical Director: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Director hold one).

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Audio Video Technician to Technical Director +$22,270 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Media Technical Directors/Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Director hold one).
- Skills to build: Active Listening, Coordination, Speaking

Side by side

All Media Technical Directors/Managers: Texas median $71,710, $22,270 more a year than all Audio and Video Technicians ($49,440), every experience level.

Technical Director: 77% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.6 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

$49,440+$22,270$71,710

Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Technical Director hold one).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +8.8% Texas, 460 openings a year

B +7.1% Texas, 620 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

21%+55 pts77%

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

1.8 / 5+0.01.8 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.14Outdoors, all weather: A 1.43, B 2.57
Kneeling or crawling-0.74Kneeling or crawling: A 2.21, B 1.47
Very hot or cold+0.64Very hot or cold: A 1.41, B 2.05
Cramped space-0.48Cramped space: A 1.93, B 1.45
Hazardous conditions-0.34Hazardous conditions: A 2.2, B 1.86

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% do).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 92%).

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 37%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 49%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Systems Analysis

To build: 6

Active Listening +0.88
Coordination +0.88
Speaking +0.88
Persuasion +0.76
Judgment and Decision Making +0.62
Learning Strategies +0.50

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