Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Millwright
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1 move · +$15,960 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Millwright: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
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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, $15,960 more a year than all Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ($46,670), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Millwright 82%, Facilities Technician 62%.
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 on the route: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year
B +5.0% Texas, 300 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+0.33.7 / 5
- Protective gear+1.77Protective gear: A 2.46, B 4.23
- Cramped space+0.99Cramped space: A 3.1, B 4.09
- High places+0.86High places: A 3, B 3.86
- Walking or running-0.80Walking or running: A 3.89, B 3.09
- Kneeling or crawling+0.41Kneeling or crawling: A 3.04, B 3.45
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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 27%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Quality Control Analysis
- Time Management
- Active Listening
To build: 3
- Installation +0.75
- Service Orientation +0.62
- Operations Monitoring +0.50
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