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Chief Executives
Average Salary:
$161,126
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Military combat operations require careful planning and coordination of combat resources. Combat mission support officers ensure that everything is in the right place at the right time during military operations. They provide battle management from specialized aircraft, ground locations, and ships. Combat mission support officers normally specialize according to their area of expertise.
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
Average Salary:
$108,548
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
The services have public information officers to keep the public informed about the military. These officers answer questions from the news media, members of Congress, private citizens, and service personnel. They also prepare reports and news releases about activities on military bases and service policies and operations.
Human Resources Managers
Average Salary:
$94,649
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Personnel management helps individuals develop their military careers. It also serves the military's need to fill jobs with qualified workers. Personnel specialists collect and store information about the people in the military, such as training, job assignment, promotion, and health information. They work directly with service personnel and their families.
Training and Development Managers
Average Salary:
$105,383
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
The military places great importance on training to prepare service men and women for their military careers. Programs include training in technical skills, physical fitness, academic subjects, and leadership development. Training and education directors plan, develop, and manage education and training programs for military personnel.
Food Service Managers
Average Salary:
$88,520
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
The military serves food to hundreds of thousands of service members each day. Meals must be carefully planned and prepared to ensure good nutrition and variety. Food service managers direct the facilities that prepare and serve food.
Lodging Managers
Average Salary:
Not Available
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
The military is a large organization that performs a wide range of activities in locations all over the world. The success of many military activities and operations depends on the effective management and coordination of administrative functions. Administrative officers direct administrative functions and services, such as mail distribution and delivery, records management, and facilities management. Other officers who specialize by functional area, such as finance or personnel, are described under their respective occupational titles in this publication.
Medical and Health Services Managers
Average Salary:
$104,100
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
In hospitals and clinics, all of the departments – emergency, X-ray, nursing, maintenance, administration, and food service – must work together to provide quality health care. Health services administrators manage hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities. They also manage individual departments or specific health care programs within a hospital.
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
Average Salary:
Not Available
Most Common Degree:
Work Experience Only
The military is a large organization that performs a wide range of activities in locations all over the world. The success of many military activities and operations depends on the effective management and coordination of administrative functions. Administrative officers direct administrative functions and services, such as mail distribution and delivery, records management, and facilities management. Other officers who specialize by functional area, such as finance or personnel, are described under their respective occupational titles in this publication.
Emergency Management Directors
Average Salary:
$86,494
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
The military must be prepared for all types of emergencies, from natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes, to enemy attacks. Emergency management officers prepare warning, control, and evacuation plans. They also coordinate emergency response teams during natural disasters.
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
Average Salary:
$65,081
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Personnel management helps individuals develop their military careers. It also serves the military's need to fill jobs with qualified workers. Personnel specialists collect and store information about the people in the military, such as training, job assignment, promotion, and health information. They work directly with service personnel and their families.
Human Resources Specialists
Average Salary:
$68,673
Most Common Degree:
Not Available
Overall responsibilities for the military and civilian categories of this career are similar, but specific tasks may vary depending on service branch.
Training and Development Specialists
Average Salary:
$62,549
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
The military trains new personnel in the job skills needed to begin their careers in the service. The military also offers advanced training and retraining to nearly all personnel. Instruction in electronics, health care, computer sciences, and aviation are just a few of the many vocational and technical areas for which the military has training programs. Training specialists and instructors teach classes and give demonstrations to provide military personnel with the knowledge needed to perform their jobs.
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Average Salary:
$120,161
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
The military conducts studies of human and animal diseases to understand their causes and to find treatments. Harmful pests and bacteria are studied to find ways to protect people and food against illness or infection. Life scientists study the biology and chemistry of living organisms.
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Average Salary:
$68,002
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Weather information is important for planning military operations. Accurate weather forecasts are needed to plan troop movements, airplane flights, and ship traffic. Meteorological specialists collect information about weather and sea conditions for use by meteorologists. They make visual observations and take readings from weather equipment, radar scans, and satellite photographs.
Clinical Psychologists
Average Salary:
$111,370
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Psychological research and treatment are important to national defense. Research can show how to improve military training, job assignment, and equipment design. Treatment can help personnel cope with stress. Psychologists conduct research on human behavior and treat patients with mental problems.
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Average Salary:
Not Available
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Psychological research and treatment are important to national defense. Research can show how to improve military training, job assignment, and equipment design. Treatment can help personnel cope with stress. Psychologists conduct research on human behavior and treat patients with mental problems.
Political Scientists
Average Salary:
$134,673
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Information about the military capabilities of foreign countries is vital to our national defense. Our leaders need to know the strengths and weaknesses of both friendly and unfriendly countries. International relations officers collect, analyze, and report information about foreign countries to be used for military planning.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
Average Salary:
Not Available
Most Common Degree:
Advanced Degree
Just like some civilians, some military personnel need assistance with various problems or concerns, including career decisions, family issues, substance abuse, or emotional problems. Caseworkers and counselors work with military personnel and their families to help them with their particular concerns. They may specialize by the type of counseling that they do, such as career guidance or alcohol and drug abuse prevention. They normally work as part of a team that may include social workers, psychologists, medical officers, chaplains, personnel specialists, and commanders.
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Average Salary:
$56,782
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
Just like some civilians, some military personnel need assistance with various problems or concerns, including career decisions, family issues, substance abuse, or emotional problems. Caseworkers and counselors work with military personnel and their families to help them with their particular concerns. They may specialize by the type of counseling that they do, such as career guidance or alcohol and drug abuse prevention. They normally work as part of a team that may include social workers, psychologists, medical officers, chaplains, personnel specialists, and commanders.
Clergy
Average Salary:
$101,436
Most Common Degree:
Bachelor's Degree
The military provides for the spiritual needs of its personnel by offering religious services, moral guidance, and counseling. Chaplains conduct worship services for military personnel and perform other spiritual duties covering the beliefs and practices of all religious faiths.