Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Electrical Assembler

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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Electrical Assembler: 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
Maintenance Electrician to Electric Motor Repairer
- 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
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Electrical Assembler
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.72.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

More than 40 hours a week: Electrical Assembler 29%, 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.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.4% Texas, 8,100 openings a year

B +10.3% Texas, 1,950 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

35%-6 pts29%

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

4.1 / 5-2.31.9 / 5

Very hot or cold-3.14Very hot or cold: A 4.17, B 1.03
Climbing ladders-2.91Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 1.29
Hazardous conditions-2.74Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 1.85
Outdoors, all weather-2.59Outdoors, all weather: A 4.13, B 1.54
Cramped space-2.53Cramped space: A 4.4, B 1.87

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: 17% 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 Texas and federal agencies read on 2026-10-03; electrical equipment makers' employees are exempt from the TDLR electrician license (1305.003(a)(7)).

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: none (O*NET: 51%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 3

Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring

To build: 0

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