Compare A Infrastructure Engineer ↔ B Field Radio 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 Field Radio Technician: license not checked yet.
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 Field Radio Technician
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license not checked yet.
Side by side
More than 40 hours a week: Field Radio Technician 39%, Infrastructure Engineer 41%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
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 +17.3% Texas, 80 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
1.7 / 5+0.92.6 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather+1.94Outdoors, all weather: A 1.62, B 3.56
- Very hot or cold+1.75Very hot or cold: A 1.3, B 3.05
- High places+1.59High places: A 1.5, B 3.09
- Protective gear+1.36Protective gear: A 1.14, B 2.5
- Hazardous equipment+1.32Hazardous equipment: A 1.43, B 2.75
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: 10% 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 TDLR electrician license for telecom providers' communications equipment (1305.003(a)(4)). FCC radio operator licenses were not checked: fcc.gov answered HTTP 403 on 2026-10-03.
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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 31%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Operations Monitoring
To build: 4
- Installation +1.76
- Repairing +1.75
- Equipment Maintenance +1.50
- Troubleshooting +0.50
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