Compare A Stationary Engineer ↔ B Maintenance Electrician

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2 moves · -$5,240 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 2, to Maintenance Electrician: 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
Stationary Engineer to Facilities Technician -$17,140 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 2 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Electrician +$11,900 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Instructing

Side by side

All Electricians: Texas median $58,570, $5,240 less a year than all Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators ($63,810), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Maintenance Electrician 35%, Stationary Engineer 32%.

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $26.61 to $31.87/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

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

$63,810-$5,240$58,570

Gates on the route: Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

32%+4 pts35%

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

3.3 / 5+0.94.1 / 5

Bending or twisting+2.06Bending or twisting: A 2.62, B 4.68
Climbing ladders+1.84Climbing ladders: A 2.36, B 4.2
Keeping balance+1.43Keeping balance: A 2.42, B 3.85
Kneeling or crawling+1.23Kneeling or crawling: A 2.52, B 3.75
Cramped space+1.02Cramped space: A 3.38, B 4.4

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 1% do).

License

A No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

B TDLR Maintenance Electrician license, unless the work is in-house maintenance for one employer with no new construction (1305.003(a)(8)).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 24%).

B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 28%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Judgment and Decision Making
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 6

Installation +1.13
Learning Strategies +0.88
Mathematics +0.88
Service Orientation +0.88
Troubleshooting +0.75
Equipment Selection +0.50

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Save Stationary Engineer to Maintenance Electrician 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 6 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.