Veteran Trade Careers

Military code to civilian trade lookup

Find the civilian trade that matches your military code

Look up your MOS, AFSC, rating, or SFSC to see which skilled trades it maps to: electrician, HVAC technician, welder, plumber, or lineworker. The index covers 32 military codes across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force, drawn from 42 rows in the O*NET Military Crosswalk (checked 2026-10-30, trades-core release 2026-11-04). In May 2025, national median pay for these five trades ranged from $53,750 for welders to $95,320 for lineworkers, according to BLS OEWS.

32 unique codes 6 branches 42 O*NET rows 5 trades BLS OEWS May 2025
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How to use this hub

Pick your branch, then find your code in the index. Each code page lists the trades O*NET links that code to and the BLS OEWS May 2025 national median wage for each one. It also links to school directories on veterantradeschools.com and registeredtradeschools.com. A single code can appear in more than one crosswalk row, so review every match on the page.

Full career detail for each trade, including pay, licensing, and the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2025-35 projections, is on Military to Trades at militarytotrades.com/careers/.

Five trades these codes map into

National median pay for wage-and-salary workers, BLS OEWS May 2025. Growth and openings are BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook projections for 2025–35. Career pages open on Military to Trades.

Electrician

$63,190 median, May 2025

9% growth · 72,700 openings/yr · 11 military codes

HVAC technician

$61,010 median, May 2025

11% growth · 40,600 openings/yr · 9 military codes

Welder

$53,750 median, May 2025

2% growth · 40,300 openings/yr · 9 military codes

Plumber / pipefitter

$63,800 median, May 2025

7% growth · 42,000 openings/yr · 7 military codes

Lineworker

$95,320 median, May 2025

10% growth · 10,900 openings/yr · 6 military codes

Codes by branch

Counts are unique branch+code pairs in the O*NET Military Crosswalk subset we publish (release 2026-11-04).

Army MOS
7
Navy rating
7
Air Force AFSC
6
Marine Corps MOS
5
Coast Guard rating
4
Space Force SFSC
3

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Sister sites

Sources

  1. O*NET OnLine, Military Crosswalk Search (DMDC MOC crosswalk plus O*NET supplements). https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/MOC
  2. BLS, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national file (oesm25nat.zip). https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm
  3. trades-core release 2026-11-04, military_crosswalk.json export (built 2026-11-04). https://militarytotrades.com/methodology/

Retrieved and checked 2026-10-30. Figures are reproduced as published.