Compare A Infrastructure Engineer ↔ B Audio Video Technician

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No pay difference shown for this route: infrastructure Engineer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Network Technician: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)).
Move 3, to Audio Video Technician: 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
Infrastructure Engineer to Network Technician
- O*NET lists Computer Network Support Specialists as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Network Technician hold one), experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Troubleshooting
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Network Technician to Audio Video Installer
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03)).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Audio Video Installer to Audio Video Technician
- O*NET lists Audio and Video Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71 (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).

Side by side

Infrastructure Engineer: 41% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.9 times the share for Audio Video Technician (21%).

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

$111,530no difference shown$49,440

OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.9% Texas, 4,710 openings a year

B +8.8% Texas, 460 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

41%-20 pts21%

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

1.7 / 5+0.21.8 / 5

Hazardous conditions+0.77Hazardous conditions: A 1.43, B 2.2
Cramped space-0.43Cramped space: A 2.36, B 1.93
Kneeling or crawling+0.35Kneeling or crawling: A 1.86, B 2.21
Climbing ladders+0.33Climbing ladders: A 1.45, B 1.78
Protective gear+0.32Protective gear: A 1.14, B 1.46

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 27% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 43% 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 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: 27%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 37%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Monitoring
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Active Listening
Coordination

To build: 2

Operation and Control +1.00
Operations Monitoring +0.50

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Save Infrastructure Engineer to Audio Video Technician 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 2 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.