Compare A Maintenance Electrician ↔ B Millwright

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2 moves · +$4,060 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

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 Millwright: 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 +$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
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Millwright +$2,340 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Millwrights as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (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

All Millwrights: Texas median $62,630, $4,060 more a year than all Electricians ($58,570), every experience level.

Millwright: 82% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.3 times the share for 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

$58,570+$4,060$62,630

Gates on the route: Electric Motor Repairer: 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 +5.0% Texas, 300 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

35%+46 pts82%

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

4.1 / 5-0.43.7 / 5

Climbing ladders-1.47Climbing ladders: A 4.2, B 2.73
Keeping balance-1.30Keeping balance: A 3.85, B 2.55
Walking or running-1.14Walking or running: A 4.23, B 3.09
Protective gear+1.01Protective gear: A 3.22, B 4.23
Hazardous conditions-0.82Hazardous conditions: A 4.59, B 3.77

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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 27%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Troubleshooting
Critical Thinking
Repairing
Quality Control Analysis
Time Management
Active Listening

To build: 3

Equipment Maintenance +0.75
Installation +0.50
Operations Monitoring +0.50

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