Compare A Facilities Manager ↔ B Maintenance Helper

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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: 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 Helper: 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
Facilities Manager to Facilities Technician -$52,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.50 (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 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Maintenance Helper -$9,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (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 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers: Texas median $37,000, $62,430 less a year than all Facilities Managers ($99,430), 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 $29.23 to $36.54/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

B No headline record for this level

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

$99,430-$62,430$37,000

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 +13.1% Texas, 1,160 openings a year

B +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

48%-19 pts29%

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

2.2 / 5+1.03.2 / 5

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

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 7% do).

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

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 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.

Experience

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

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Operations Monitoring
Coordination
Quality Control Analysis

To build: 4

Operation and Control +0.87
Repairing +0.87
Equipment Maintenance +0.74
Troubleshooting +0.50

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