Compare A Civil Engineering Technician ↔ B Facilities Engineering Manager

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Your route

1 move · +$111,980 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Engineering Manager: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Facilities Engineering Manager hold one).

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Civil Engineering Technician to Facilities Engineering Manager +$111,980 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Architectural and Engineering Managers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Facilities Engineering Manager hold one).

Side by side

All Architectural and Engineering Managers: Texas median $171,370, $111,980 more a year than all Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians ($59,390), every experience level.

Facilities Engineering Manager: 84% work more than 40 hours a week, about 5.6 times the share for Civil Engineering Technician (15%).

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

$59,390+$111,980$171,370

Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Facilities Engineering Manager hold one).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.0% Texas, 560 openings a year

B +13.2% Texas, 1,390 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

15%+69 pts84%

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

2.1 / 5-0.61.5 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-1.76Outdoors, all weather: A 3.52, B 1.76
Hazardous equipment-1.38Hazardous equipment: A 2.92, B 1.54
Very hot or cold-0.96Very hot or cold: A 2.64, B 1.68
Bending or twisting-0.96Bending or twisting: A 2.05, B 1.09
Keeping balance-0.59Keeping balance: A 1.65, B 1.06

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 18% do).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 99%).

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 8 years, up to and including 10 years (O*NET: 31%).

B Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 36%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 4

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation

To build: 6

Active Learning +1.00
Learning Strategies +1.00
Management of Personnel Resources +1.00
Time Management +1.00
Complex Problem Solving +0.88
Quality Control Analysis +0.88

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