Compare A Fiber Optic Technician ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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1 move · -$27,970 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Audio Video Installer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

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Fiber Optic Technician to Audio Video Installer -$27,970 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.76.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Repairing, Troubleshooting

Side by side

All Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: Texas median $47,770, $27,970 less a year than all Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers ($75,740), every experience level.

Fiber Optic Technician: 30% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.4 times the share for Audio Video Installer (13%).

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

$75,740-$27,970$47,770

Gates on the route: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +4.3% Texas, 810 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

30%-17 pts13%

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

3.5 / 5-0.53.0 / 5

Protective gear-1.37Protective gear: A 2.89, B 1.52
Very hot or cold-1.23Very hot or cold: A 4.43, B 3.2
Outdoors, all weather-1.17Outdoors, all weather: A 4.95, B 3.78
Hazardous equipment-1.07Hazardous equipment: A 3.68, B 2.61
High places-0.85High places: A 3.48, B 2.63

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 5% do).

License

A No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

B No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 29%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Judgment and Decision Making
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation

To build: 5

Equipment Selection +0.75
Repairing +0.62
Troubleshooting +0.62
Complex Problem Solving +0.50
Quality Control Analysis +0.50

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