Compare A Facilities Director ↔ B Facilities Technician

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Your route

2 moves · -$52,760 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Superintendent: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Facilities Technician: 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
Facilities Director to Electrical Superintendent +$2,040 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Construction Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Negotiation
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Superintendent to Facilities Technician -$54,800 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.42 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $52,760 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Facilities Technician 62%, Facilities Director 48%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $21.63 to $23.79/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

$99,430-$52,760$46,670

Gates on the route: Electrical Superintendent: license depends on the work (No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +13.1% Texas, 1,160 openings a year

B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

48%+14 pts62%

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

2.2 / 5+1.23.4 / 5

Very hot or cold+1.90Very hot or cold: A 2.28, B 4.18
Bending or twisting+1.60Bending or twisting: A 2.08, B 3.68
Hazardous equipment+1.59Hazardous equipment: A 2.62, B 4.21
Outdoors, all weather+1.58Outdoors, all weather: A 2.66, B 4.24
Walking or running+1.27Walking or running: A 2.62, B 3.89

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% 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 state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.

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: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Complex Problem Solving
Monitoring
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 6

Installation +1.88
Repairing +1.63
Equipment Maintenance +1.50
Troubleshooting +1.13
Operation and Control +0.87
Equipment Selection +0.75

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