Compare A Network Technician ↔ B Infrastructure Engineer

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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.

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Move 1, to Infrastructure Engineer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

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Network Technician to Infrastructure Engineer
- O*NET lists Computer Systems Engineers/Architects as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Programming, Science

Side by side

More than 40 hours a week: Infrastructure Engineer 41%, Network Technician 46%.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$66,780no difference shown$111,530

No published schedule lists both rungs. One side's OEWS pay is an 'All Other' group, not this occupation.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +12.4% Texas, 920 openings a year

B +21.9% Texas, 4,710 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

46%-5 pts41%

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

1.7 / 5+0.01.7 / 5

Walking or running-0.58Walking or running: A 2.39, B 1.81
Cramped space-0.56Cramped space: A 2.92, B 2.36
Hazardous conditions+0.31Hazardous conditions: A 1.12, B 1.43
High places+0.25High places: A 1.25, B 1.5
Standing-0.21Standing: A 2.45, B 2.24

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 50%).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 27% 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 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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 31%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 27%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Judgment and Decision Making
Quality Control Analysis
Coordination
Operations Monitoring

To build: 6

Operations Analysis +1.87
Programming +1.25
Science +1.12
Mathematics +0.88
Systems Evaluation +0.88
Writing +0.88

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