Compare A Safety Engineer ↔ B Energy Auditor

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Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Inspector: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Energy Auditor: 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
Safety Engineer to Electrical Inspector
- O*NET lists Construction and Building Inspectors as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (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).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Inspector to Energy Auditor
- O*NET lists Energy Auditors as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Writing

Side by side

All Energy Auditors: Texas median $64,810, $58,630 less a year than all Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors ($123,440), every experience level.

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

$123,440-$58,630$64,810

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

B +8.2% Texas, 1,860 openings a year

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

2.4 / 5+0.22.6 / 5

Cramped space+1.07Cramped space: A 2.17, B 3.24
Hazardous conditions-0.70Hazardous conditions: A 2.67, B 1.97
Hazardous equipment-0.63Hazardous equipment: A 2.87, B 2.24
Outdoors, all weather+0.50Outdoors, all weather: A 3.22, B 3.72
Kneeling or crawling+0.49Kneeling or crawling: A 1.85, B 2.34

Degree

A Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 24% do).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

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 Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Writing
Monitoring

To build: 1

Mathematics +0.50

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Save Safety Engineer to Energy Auditor as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 1 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.