Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Stationary Engineer
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1 move · +$17,140 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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Facilities Technician to Stationary Engineer +$17,140 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (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, $17,140 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 2 times the share for Stationary Engineer (32%).
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: license not checked yet.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.9% Texas, 16,100 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
3.4 / 5-0.23.3 / 5
- Bending or twisting-1.06Bending or twisting: A 3.68, B 2.62
- Hazardous conditions+0.80Hazardous conditions: A 3.49, B 4.29
- High places+0.66High places: A 3, B 3.66
- Walking or running-0.66Walking or running: A 3.89, B 3.23
- Standing-0.52Standing: A 4.1, B 3.58
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 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: 47%).
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
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Active Learning
To build: 1
- Operations Monitoring +0.88
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