Compare A Facilities Manager ↔ B Stationary Engineer
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2 moves
No pay difference shown for this route: wind Site Manager: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Wind Site Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 2, to Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Wind Site Manager
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Wind Site Manager to Stationary Engineer
- O*NET lists Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.65 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Side by side
All Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators: Texas median $63,810, $35,620 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), every experience level.
Facilities Manager: 48% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.5 times the share for Stationary Engineer (32%).
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
Gates on the route: Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +13.1% Texas, 1,160 openings a year
B +2.1% United States, 3,800 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+1.03.3 / 5
- Hazardous conditions+1.82Hazardous conditions: A 2.47, B 4.29
- Very hot or cold+1.80Very hot or cold: A 2.28, B 4.08
- Outdoors, all weather+1.60Outdoors, all weather: A 2.66, B 4.26
- High places+1.47High places: A 2.19, B 3.66
- Hazardous equipment+1.37Hazardous equipment: A 2.62, B 3.99
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 found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.
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: 24%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 5
- Operation and Control +1.13
- Operations Monitoring +1.12
- Repairing +1.00
- Equipment Maintenance +0.87
- Troubleshooting +0.63
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