Compare A Facilities Manager ↔ B Millwright

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2 moves · -$36,800 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 Millwright: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

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 Millwright +$15,960 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Millwrights as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Installation, Service Orientation, Operations Monitoring

Side by side

All Millwrights: Texas median $62,630, $36,800 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), every experience level.

Millwright: 82% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.7 times the share for 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-$36,800$62,630

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); Millwright: 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 +5.0% Texas, 300 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

48%+34 pts82%

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

2.2 / 5+1.53.7 / 5

Protective gear+2.66Protective gear: A 1.57, B 4.23
Cramped space+2.01Cramped space: A 2.08, B 4.09
Hazardous equipment+1.88Hazardous equipment: A 2.62, B 4.5
Very hot or cold+1.86Very hot or cold: A 2.28, B 4.14
Bending or twisting+1.83Bending or twisting: A 2.08, B 3.91

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 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 27%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

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

To build: 6

Installation +2.63
Equipment Maintenance +1.37
Repairing +1.37
Operation and Control +1.13
Troubleshooting +1.13
Operations Monitoring +0.74

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