Compare A Industrial Machinery Mechanic ↔ B Electric Motor Repairer

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1 move · -$1,640 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

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Industrial Machinery Mechanic to Electric Motor Repairer -$1,640 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.92.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Complex Problem Solving

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All Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: Texas median $60,290, $1,640 less a year than all Industrial Machinery Mechanics ($61,930), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Electric Motor Repairer 38%, Industrial Machinery Mechanic 47%.

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

$61,930-$1,640$60,290

Gates on the route: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.8% Texas, 6,380 openings a year

B +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

47%-9 pts38%

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

2.9 / 5+0.13.0 / 5

High places-0.81High places: A 3.08, B 2.27
Kneeling or crawling+0.64Kneeling or crawling: A 2.38, B 3.02
Walking or running-0.55Walking or running: A 3.45, B 2.9
Hazardous conditions+0.49Hazardous conditions: A 3.37, B 3.86
Bending or twisting+0.46Bending or twisting: A 2.6, B 3.06

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).

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
Critical Thinking
Quality Control Analysis
Operations Monitoring

To build: 2

Equipment Selection +0.63
Complex Problem Solving +0.50

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