Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Housekeeping Supervisor

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Your route

2 moves · -$5,010 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Housekeeping Supervisor: 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 Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Manager to Housekeeping Supervisor -$57,770 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85.
- 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 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers: Texas median $41,660, $5,010 less 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 3.8 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).

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

$46,670-$5,010$41,660

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 +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

62%-46 pts16%

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

3.4 / 5-1.12.4 / 5

Hazardous equipment-2.65Hazardous equipment: A 4.21, B 1.56
Very hot or cold-2.51Very hot or cold: A 4.18, B 1.67
Outdoors, all weather-1.86Outdoors, all weather: A 4.24, B 2.38
High places-1.41High places: A 3, B 1.59
Climbing ladders-1.28Climbing ladders: A 2.61, B 1.33

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: 12% 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Coordination
Monitoring
Speaking
Time Management
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 5

Management of Personnel Resources +1.00
Learning Strategies +0.87
Instructing +0.74
Service Orientation +0.74
Negotiation +0.62

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