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11B MOS (Infantryman): 30 civilian careers O*NET links to it, with pay.

The civilian occupations O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates to Army 11B, each with its BLS median pay and a TryHired career page where we have one.

Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Data: O*NET Military Crosswalk (site updated October 6, 2026), BLS OEWS May 2025
Quick answer

11B is the Army enlisted military occupational specialty Infantryman. O*NET's Military Crosswalk links it to 30 civilian occupations, plus 1 military-only occupation. Among the civilian ones with a BLS wage, the May 2025 national median ranges from $38,020 (Security Guards) to $133,000 (Training and Development Managers). O*NET gives 10 of them its Bright Outlook designation (occupations expected to grow rapidly, to have many job openings, or that are new and emerging). A crosswalk link is a related occupation, not a guaranteed job or an equivalent license.

Civilian jobs

Civilian occupations related to 11B Infantryman

In O*NET's order. Pay is the BLS national median annual wage, May 2025. Bright Outlook is O*NET's designation.

Data
Civilian occupations O*NET relates to Army 11B
OccupationO*NET-SOC codeMedian pay (BLS, May 2025)Bright OutlookTryHired guide
Training and Development Managers11-3131.00$133,000Yes
Emergency Management Directors11-9161.00$93,330
Training and Development Specialists13-1151.00$69,280YesTraining Specialist
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists21-1092.00$66,270Probation Officer
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary25-1194.00$63,820
Broadcast Technicians27-4012.00$59,570
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers33-1011.00$77,970
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers33-1021.00$93,530
Firefighters33-2011.00$59,280Firefighter
Fire Inspectors and Investigators33-2021.00$75,920
Correctional Officers and Jailers33-3012.00$58,940Correctional Officer
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers33-3051.00$76,210Police Officer
Security Guards33-9032.00$38,020YesSecurity Guard
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers43-1011.00$69,500YesOffice Manager
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers47-1011.00$79,920Yes
Construction Laborers47-2061.00$47,120YesConstruction Worker
Structural Iron and Steel Workers47-2221.00$62,780Ironworker
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners47-4071.00$49,880Yes
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters47-5032.00$61,390
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers49-1011.00$79,860
Maintenance Workers, Machinery49-9043.00$60,850Maintenance Worker
Millwrights49-9044.00$65,700
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers49-9095.00$45,990Yes
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors53-1041.00$58,170Yes
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators53-1043.00Not published
First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants53-1044.00Not published
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other53-1049.00Not published
Light Truck Drivers53-3033.00$44,860YesDelivery Driver
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels53-5021.00$92,460Ship Captain
Ship Engineers53-5031.00$109,530

O*NET also lists 1 military-only occupation for 11B: Infantry. BLS does not publish civilian pay for these.

The Defense Manpower Data Center's own record for 11B maps it to: Infantry.

How to read this

What a crosswalk match means, and what it doesn't

Data

O*NET's Military Crosswalk Search combines several official sources: the Defense Manpower Data Center's crosswalk of military occupation codes, an enhanced analysis commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor with the Department of Defense under the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, a RAND study of Army knowledge, skills and abilities, and the services' Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) sites. A listed civilian occupation is one O*NET relates to the military job's training and work. It is not an equivalence, a promise of a job or a statement that you meet the civilian job's requirements: many of these occupations need a state license, a certification or a degree that the military job alone does not provide.

Next steps

Turning 11B experience into a civilian job

Advice

Start with the civilian titles above whose work you already did most of. For each one, check its licensing and certification requirements in your state, then rewrite your service record in that occupation's language: the systems, procedures and results a civilian hiring manager recognizes, not unit names or acronyms.

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FAQ

Questions people ask

What civilian jobs can a 11B get?
O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates 11B Infantryman to 30 civilian occupations, including Training and Development Managers, Emergency Management Directors, Training and Development Specialists, Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists. Whether you qualify depends on each job's licensing, certification and experience requirements.
What is the civilian equivalent of 11B?
There is no single equivalent. The Defense Manpower Data Center maps 11B to Infantry, a military-only occupation; O*NET's crosswalk lists 30 related civilian occupations.
How much do civilian jobs related to 11B pay?
BLS national medians for May 2025 run from $38,020 (Security Guards) to $133,000 (Training and Development Managers) across the related occupations with published wages.
Method

How this page is built

The civilian occupations on this page are exactly the ones O*NET OnLine's Military Crosswalk Search returns for the code, in O*NET's order, read on Nov 3, 2026 (O*NET site updated October 6, 2026). Official military titles come from the Defense Manpower Data Center file O*NET distributes. Pay is the BLS national median annual wage for May 2025. Where O*NET lists a specialty that BLS does not survey on its own, the figure is the BLS figure for the broader occupation and is labelled with that occupation's name.

What this page can't tell you
  • Duties, entry requirements and training: this page does not describe them; see your service's official job description.
  • Your fit: a crosswalk relates occupations, not people. Your rank, specialty training, clearances and credentials change which civilian jobs fit.
  • Pay: national medians for civilian workers in each occupation, not offers and not adjusted for your location or experience.
Sources
  1. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, O*NET OnLine Military Crosswalk Search, read Nov 3, 2026. Military Crosswalk Search by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. O*NET Resource Center, Military crosswalk data (source: Defense Manpower Data Center).
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates (public domain).