Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Electric Motor Repairer
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1 move · +$1,720 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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Maintenance Electrician to Electric Motor Repairer +$1,720 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 = 0.83 (same lateral rule, started from this rung; target is the related occupation's role nearest this rung's level band).
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Repairing
Side by side
All Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: Texas median $60,290, $1,720 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Electric Motor Repairer 38%, Maintenance Electrician 35%.
This level's pay
A $26.61 to $31.87/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: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year
B +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
4.1 / 5-1.13.0 / 5
- Climbing ladders-2.20Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2
- Bending or twisting-1.62Bending or twisting: A 4.68, B 3.06
- Keeping balance-1.60Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.25
- Outdoors, all weather-1.51Outdoors, all weather: A 4.13, B 2.62
- Cramped space-1.49Cramped space: A 4.4, B 2.91
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).
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 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).
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
- Troubleshooting
- Operation and Control
- Active Listening
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Installation
- Reading Comprehension
To build: 5
- Equipment Maintenance +0.88
- Equipment Selection +0.75
- Repairing +0.62
- Complex Problem Solving +0.50
- Quality Control Analysis +0.50
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