Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Electric Motor Repairer
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1 move · +$13,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Facilities Technician to Electric Motor Repairer +$13,620 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.92.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving
Side by side
All Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: Texas median $60,290, $13,620 more a year than all Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ($46,670), every experience level.
Facilities Technician: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Electric Motor Repairer (38%).
This level's pay
A $21.63 to $23.79/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 checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year
B +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.4 / 5-0.43.0 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-1.62Outdoors, all weather: A 4.24, B 2.62
- Walking or running-0.99Walking or running: A 3.89, B 2.9
- Very hot or cold-0.76Very hot or cold: A 4.18, B 3.42
- High places-0.73High places: A 3, B 2.27
- Bending or twisting-0.62Bending or twisting: A 3.68, B 3.06
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.
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: 47%).
B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Repairing
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Operation and Control
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 5
- Equipment Selection +0.75
- Quality Control Analysis +0.63
- Complex Problem Solving +0.50
- Critical Thinking +0.50
- Systems Analysis +0.50
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