Compare A Facilities Engineering Manager ↔ B Mechanical Design Drafter
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No pay difference shown for this route: mechatronics Engineer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Mechatronics Engineer: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
- Move 2, to Mechanical Design Drafter: 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 Engineering Manager to Mechatronics Engineer
- O*NET lists Mechatronics Engineers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.76 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Mechatronics Engineer to Mechanical Design Drafter
- O*NET lists Mechanical Drafters as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.91 (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 Mechanical Drafters: Texas median $79,380, $91,990 less a year than all Architectural and Engineering Managers ($171,370), every experience level.
Facilities Engineering Manager: 84% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Mechanical Design Drafter (44%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Mechatronics Engineer: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +13.2% Texas, 1,390 openings a year
B -0.4% Texas, 300 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.5 / 5+0.01.5 / 5
- Bending or twisting+0.68Bending or twisting: A 1.09, B 1.77
- Hazardous equipment+0.67Hazardous equipment: A 1.54, B 2.21
- Cramped space-0.57Cramped space: A 1.7, B 1.13
- Outdoors, all weather-0.44Outdoors, all weather: A 1.76, B 1.32
- Hazardous conditions-0.41Hazardous conditions: A 1.56, B 1.15
Degree
A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 99%).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 19% 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 title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 36%).
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 30%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
To build: 1
- Operations Analysis +1.00
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