Compare A Facilities Manager ↔ B Industrial Machinery Mechanic

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2 moves · -$37,500 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, 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 2, to Industrial Machinery Mechanic: 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 Manager to Facilities Technician -$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Industrial Machinery Mechanic +$15,260 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Industrial Machinery Mechanics as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis

Side by side

All Industrial Machinery Mechanics: Texas median $61,930, $37,500 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Industrial Machinery Mechanic 47%, Facilities Manager 48%.

This level's pay

A $29.23 to $36.54/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

B No headline record for this level

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-$37,500$61,930

Gates on the route: 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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +21.8% Texas, 6,380 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

48%-1 pts47%

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

2.2 / 5+0.72.9 / 5

Hazardous equipment+1.44Hazardous equipment: A 2.62, B 4.06
Standing+1.02Standing: A 2.93, B 3.95
Very hot or cold+0.93Very hot or cold: A 2.28, B 3.21
Protective gear+0.93Protective gear: A 1.57, B 2.5
Hazardous conditions+0.90Hazardous conditions: A 2.47, B 3.37

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: 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 Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

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: 32%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Monitoring

To build: 6

Operation and Control +1.75
Repairing +1.75
Equipment Maintenance +1.62
Troubleshooting +1.38
Operations Monitoring +1.12
Equipment Selection +0.87

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