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Every military job code maps to a civilian career — browse 4,202 guides across all five branches, see civilian salary bands sourced from Lightcast labor data, and find the certifications that translate your service into software engineering roles that pay.
Total Guides4,202across DoD job codes
Branches5Army · Navy · Air Force · Marine Corps · Coast Guard
Career Families11Cyber to Logistics
Certifications4,689civilian equivalencies
Salary Data$45K–$280Kvia Lightcast
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Showing 60 of 60 on this page · 539 total11A1USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–170K civilianEnlisted
11A2USAF
Mobility Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–170K civilianEnlisted
11A3USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–170K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)
11A4USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Copilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–150K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) (partial)Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) (ground school equivalent)
11B1USAF
Bomber Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$70–170K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)
11B2USAF
Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–170K civilianEnlisted
11B3USAF
Bomber Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$80–170K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) (substantial)
11B4USAF
Bomber Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Copilot, or Flight Engineer
$68–150K civilianEnlisted
11BXUSAF
Bomber Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Copilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–170K civilianOfficer
11E1USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$75–135K civilianEnlisted
11E2USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$75–135K civilianEnlisted
11E3USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$85–135K civilianEnlisted
11E4USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$95–135K civilianEnlisted
11EXUSAF
Flight Test Pilot→ Aerospace Engineer
$95–135K civilianOfficer
11F1USAF
Fighter Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Copilot, or Flight Engineer
$125–160K civilianEnlisted
11F2USAF
Fighter Pilot→ Commercial Airline Pilot
$85–200K civilianEnlisted
11F3USAF
Fighter Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$75–170K civilianEnlisted
11F4USAF
Fighter Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–170K civilianEnlisted
11FXUSAF
Fighter Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–200K civilianOfficer
11H1USAF
Helicopter Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$75–170K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (Helicopter) eligibility (FAA Part 61)Instrument Rating (Helicopter) eligibility (FAA Part 61)
11H2USAF
Helicopter Pilot→ Commercial Pilot (Helicopter)
$65–95K civilianEnlisted
11H3USAF
Helicopter Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$75–150K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot Certificate (Helicopter) - partialInstrument Rating (Helicopter) - partial
11H4USAF
Helicopter Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$75–150K civilianEnlisted
11HXUSAF
Helicopter Pilot→ Commercial Pilot (Helicopter)
$65–110K civilianOfficer
11K1USAF
Pilot Instructor→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$85–150K civilianEnlisted
11K2USAF
Pilot Instructor→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$85–150K civilianEnlisted
11K3USAF
Pilot Instructor→ Airline Pilot, Co-pilot, or Flight Engineer
$85–190K civilianEnlisted
11K4USAF
Pilot Instructor→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$85–150K civilianEnlisted
11KXUSAF
Pilot Instructor→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–140K civilianOfficer
11M1USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$75–180K civilianEnlisted
FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate (partial)FAA Instrument Rating (partial)
11M2USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$70–170K civilianEnlisted
11M3USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–180K civilianEnlisted
11M4USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–150K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) (partial)Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) (partial)
11MXUSAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$78–142K civilianOfficer
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) eligibility (partial)Instrument Rating eligibility (partial)
11R1USAF
Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–150K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)
11R2USAF
Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–150K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)
11R3USAF
Specialized Mission Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Copilot, or Flight Engineer
$75–170K civilianEnlisted
11R4USAF
Specialized Mission Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–160K civilianEnlisted
11RXUSAF
Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–150K civilianOfficer
11S1USAF
Special Operations Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–150K civilianEnlisted
11S2USAF
Special Operations Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$68–170K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)
11S3USAF
Special Operations Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–150K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) (substantial preparation)Instrument Rating (substantial preparation)
11S4USAF
Special Operations Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$75–150K civilianEnlisted
11SXUSAF
Special Operations Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$85–150K civilianOfficer
11T1USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$80–170K civilianEnlisted
11T2USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Copilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–150K civilianEnlisted
11T3USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$75–148K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) eligibility (partial)Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) eligibility (significant progress)
11T4USAF
Mobility Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$80–150K civilianEnlisted
11U1USAF
Special Operations Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–140K civilianEnlisted
11U2USAF
Pilot→ Commercial Pilot
$77–135K civilianEnlisted
11U2DUSAF
Specialized Mission Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot, Co-Pilot, or Flight Engineer
$70–150K civilianOfficer
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) (partial)Remote Pilot Certificate (partial)
11U3USAF
Special Operations Pilot→ Commercial Pilot
$75–130K civilianEnlisted
Commercial Pilot License (CPL) eligibility (partial)Instrument Rating eligibility (partial)
11U4USAF
Special Operations Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$75–150K civilianEnlisted
11UXUSAF
Specialized Mission Aircraft Pilot→ Airline Pilot
$70–170K civilianOfficer
Commercial Pilot License (partial)Instrument Rating (partial)
12E1USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$85–135K civilianEnlisted
12E13USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$75–130K civilianEnlisted
12E14USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$75–135K civilianEnlisted
12E2USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$85–130K civilianEnlisted
12E3USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$95–140K civilianEnlisted
12E4USAF
Flight Test Engineer→ Aerospace Engineer
$90–135K civilianEnlisted
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