Compare A Maintenance Helper ↔ B Facilities Manager

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2 moves · +$62,430 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Facilities Manager: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 R1 step up on Facilities maintenance
Maintenance Helper to Facilities Technician +$9,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Next rung on 'Facilities maintenance' (Start to Skilled). O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Troubleshooting
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Facilities Manager +$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Facilities Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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 Facilities Managers: Texas median $99,430, $62,430 more a year than all Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers ($37,000), every experience level.

Facilities Manager: 48% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Maintenance Helper (29%).

This level's pay

A No headline record for this level

B $29.23 to $36.54/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

$37,000+$62,430$99,430

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 +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year

B +13.1% Texas, 1,160 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

29%+19 pts48%

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

3.2 / 5-1.02.2 / 5

Very hot or cold-1.59Very hot or cold: A 3.87, B 2.28
Protective gear-1.55Protective gear: A 3.12, B 1.57
Outdoors, all weather-1.28Outdoors, all weather: A 3.94, B 2.66
Hazardous equipment-1.11Hazardous equipment: A 3.73, B 2.62
Cramped space-1.08Cramped space: A 3.16, B 2.08

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: 7% 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 34%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 0

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.62
Persuasion +1.24
Instructing +1.13
Reading Comprehension +1.13
Writing +1.13
Negotiation +1.12

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Save Maintenance Helper to Facilities Manager 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.