Compare A Housekeeping Supervisor ↔ B Stationary Engineer

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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 Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Wind Site Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 3, to Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Housekeeping Supervisor to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Active Listening, Coordination, Critical Thinking
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Wind Site Manager
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (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 3 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, $22,150 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers ($41,660), every experience level.

Stationary Engineer: 32% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$41,660+$22,150$63,810

Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Stationary Engineer: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year

B +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

16%+15 pts32%

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

2.4 / 5+0.93.3 / 5

Hazardous equipment+2.43Hazardous equipment: A 1.56, B 3.99
Very hot or cold+2.41Very hot or cold: A 1.67, B 4.08
High places+2.07High places: A 1.59, B 3.66
Outdoors, all weather+1.88Outdoors, all weather: A 2.38, B 4.26
Cramped space+1.26Cramped space: A 2.12, B 3.38

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 12% 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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).

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

Operations Monitoring +1.75
Operation and Control +1.38
Repairing +1.37
Equipment Maintenance +1.13
Troubleshooting +1.13

Make this your goal

Save Housekeeping Supervisor to Stationary Engineer as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 5 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.