Compare A Maintenance Mechanic ↔ B Millwright
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2 moves · +$3,350 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 Mechanic to Electric Motor Repairer +$1,010 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 = 0.91.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Systems Analysis, Critical Thinking
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, $3,350 more a year than all Maintenance Workers, Machinery ($59,280), every experience level.
Millwright: 82% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Maintenance Mechanic (50%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
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 +4.4% Texas, 820 openings a year
B +5.0% Texas, 300 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.2 / 5+0.63.7 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather+1.45Outdoors, all weather: A 2.91, B 4.36
- Protective gear+1.36Protective gear: A 2.87, B 4.23
- Bending or twisting+0.92Bending or twisting: A 2.99, B 3.91
- High places+0.89High places: A 2.97, B 3.86
- Keeping balance+0.71Keeping balance: A 1.84, B 2.55
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 3% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.
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: 36%).
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
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Monitoring
- Repairing
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
To build: 3
- Service Orientation +0.88
- Installation +0.87
- Critical Thinking +0.62
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