Compare A Electric Motor Repairer ↔ B Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Assembler: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Production Supervisor: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Electrical Assembler
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.72.
- 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
Electrical Assembler to Production Supervisor
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.82 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- 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
Production Supervisor to Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis

Side by side

All First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers: Texas median $76,760, $16,470 more a year than all Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers ($60,290), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Maintenance Supervisor 53%, Electric Motor Repairer 38%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $25.74 to $30.50/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

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

$60,290+$16,470$76,760

Gates on the route: Facilities Maintenance Supervisor: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608), experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

38%+15 pts53%

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

3.0 / 5-0.42.6 / 5

Standing-1.39Standing: A 4.4, B 3.01
Hazardous conditions-1.12Hazardous conditions: A 3.86, B 2.74
Kneeling or crawling-0.70Kneeling or crawling: A 3.02, B 2.32
Keeping balance-0.68Keeping balance: A 2.25, B 1.57
Outdoors, all weather+0.64Outdoors, all weather: A 2.62, B 3.26

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 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 Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

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
Quality Control Analysis
Operations Monitoring
Systems Analysis
Complex Problem Solving
Troubleshooting

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.50
Monitoring +1.12
Coordination +0.87
Time Management +0.87
Negotiation +0.75
Speaking +0.75

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