Compare A Civil Engineer ↔ B Facilities Engineering Manager
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1 move · +$74,510 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Facilities Engineering Manager: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
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Civil Engineer to Facilities Engineering Manager +$74,510 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Architectural and Engineering Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Writing, Active Learning
Side by side
All Architectural and Engineering Managers: Texas median $171,370, $74,510 more a year than all Civil Engineers ($96,860), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Engineering Manager 84%, Civil Engineer 57%.
This level's pay
A $89,256 a year H-1B filings, n = 65, TX+AZ, 2026
B No headline record for this level
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: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +13.0% Texas, 2,520 openings a year
B +13.2% Texas, 1,390 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.9 / 5-0.41.5 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.05Outdoors, all weather: A 2.81, B 1.76
- High places-0.97High places: A 2.19, B 1.22
- Climbing ladders-0.68Climbing ladders: A 1.76, B 1.08
- Protective gear-0.62Protective gear: A 1.81, B 1.19
- Very hot or cold-0.56Very hot or cold: A 2.24, B 1.68
Degree
A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 100%).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 99%).
License
A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
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: 29%).
B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 36%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
To build: 6
- Quality Control Analysis +0.75
- Writing +0.75
- Active Learning +0.63
- Coordination +0.63
- Judgment and Decision Making +0.50
- Monitoring +0.50
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