Compare A Electric Motor Repairer ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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2 moves · -$1,720 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 2, to Maintenance Electrician: 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
Electric Motor Repairer to Facilities Technician -$13,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.92 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 2 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician +$11,900 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $1,720 less a year than all Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers ($60,290), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Electric Motor Repairer 38%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $26.61 to $31.87/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-$1,720$58,570

Gates on the route: Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year

B +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

38%-3 pts35%

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

3.0 / 5+1.14.1 / 5

Climbing ladders+2.20Climbing ladders: A 2, B 4.2
Bending or twisting+1.62Bending or twisting: A 3.06, B 4.68
Keeping balance+1.60Keeping balance: A 2.25, B 3.85
Outdoors, all weather+1.51Outdoors, all weather: A 2.62, B 4.13
Cramped space+1.49Cramped space: A 2.91, B 4.4

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: 1% 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 TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).

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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Troubleshooting
Repairing
Critical Thinking
Installation
Judgment and Decision Making
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 2

Instructing +0.50
Persuasion +0.50

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