Compare A Field Radio Technician ↔ B Audio Video Installer

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1 move · -$30,140 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Audio Video Installer: license depends on the work (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)).

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Field Radio Technician to Audio Video Installer -$30,140 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 = 0.90.
- Gates: license depends on the work (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)).
- Skills to build: Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Service Orientation

Side by side

All Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: Texas median $47,770, $30,140 less a year than all Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers ($77,910), every experience level.

Field Radio Technician: 39% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3 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

$77,910-$30,140$47,770

Gates on the route: license depends on the work (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)).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +17.3% Texas, 80 openings a year

B +16.0% Texas, 270 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

39%-26 pts13%

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

2.6 / 5+0.43.0 / 5

Climbing ladders+1.05Climbing ladders: A 2.2, B 3.25
Hazardous conditions+1.02Hazardous conditions: A 1.77, B 2.79
Kneeling or crawling+0.98Kneeling or crawling: A 2.27, B 3.25
Protective gear-0.98Protective gear: A 2.5, B 1.52
Standing+0.97Standing: A 2.96, B 3.93

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% 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 telecom providers' communications equipment (1305.003(a)(4)). FCC radio operator licenses were not checked: fcc.gov answered HTTP 403 on 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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 31%).

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

Repairing
Equipment Maintenance
Installation
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Listening

To build: 3

Troubleshooting +0.62
Quality Control Analysis +0.50
Service Orientation +0.50

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