Compare A Electrical Assembler ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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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 Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, 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 3, 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
Electrical Assembler to Electric Motor Repairer
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.72.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Facilities Technician
- 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 3 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician
- 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

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Electrical Assembler 29%.

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.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.3% Texas, 1,950 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

29%+6 pts35%

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

1.9 / 5+2.34.1 / 5

Very hot or cold+3.14Very hot or cold: A 1.03, B 4.17
Climbing ladders+2.91Climbing ladders: A 1.29, B 4.2
Hazardous conditions+2.74Hazardous conditions: A 1.85, B 4.59
Outdoors, all weather+2.59Outdoors, all weather: A 1.54, B 4.13
Cramped space+2.53Cramped space: A 1.87, B 4.4

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 17% 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 Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; electrical equipment makers' employees are exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(7)).

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: none (O*NET: 51%).

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: 5

Monitoring
Operations Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Operation and Control
Time Management

To build: 6

Repairing +1.88
Troubleshooting +1.62
Installation +1.50
Equipment Maintenance +1.38
Equipment Selection +1.38
Learning Strategies +1.00

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