Compare A Electric Motor Repairer ↔ B Stationary Engineer

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2 moves · +$3,520 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Instrumentation Technician: 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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Instrumentation Technician -$2,060 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- 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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Instrumentation Technician to Stationary Engineer +$5,580 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates: license not checked yet.
- Skills to build: Operations Monitoring

Side by side

All Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators: Texas median $63,810, $3,520 more a year than all Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers ($60,290), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Stationary Engineer 32%, Electric Motor Repairer 38%.

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

$60,290+$3,520$63,810

Gates on the route: Instrumentation Technician: 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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common); Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year

B +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

38%-6 pts32%

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

3.0 / 5+0.33.3 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.64Outdoors, all weather: A 2.62, B 4.26
High places+1.39High places: A 2.27, B 3.66
Standing-0.82Standing: A 4.4, B 3.58
Very hot or cold+0.66Very hot or cold: A 3.42, B 4.08
Kneeling or crawling-0.50Kneeling or crawling: A 3.02, B 2.52

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: 0% 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 license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 24%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Operation and Control
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Equipment Maintenance
Repairing
Troubleshooting

To build: 1

Operations Monitoring +0.50

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