Compare A Facilities Director ↔ B Maintenance Electrician
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3 moves · -$40,860 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 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
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).
Move 3 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, $40,860 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Facilities Director 48%.
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
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 +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.2 / 5+1.94.1 / 5
- Bending or twisting+2.60Bending or twisting: A 2.08, B 4.68
- Climbing ladders+2.37Climbing ladders: A 1.83, B 4.2
- Cramped space+2.32Cramped space: A 2.08, B 4.4
- Keeping balance+2.19Keeping balance: A 1.66, B 3.85
- Hazardous conditions+2.12Hazardous conditions: A 2.47, B 4.59
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: 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
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
To build: 6
- Installation +2.13
- Troubleshooting +1.38
- Repairing +1.25
- Equipment Selection +0.75
- Operation and Control +0.75
- Equipment Maintenance +0.62
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