12N MOS (Horizontal Construction Engineer): 18 civilian careers O*NET links to it, with pay.
The civilian occupations O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates to Army 12N, each with its BLS median pay and a TryHired career page where we have one.
12N is the Army enlisted military occupational specialty Horizontal Construction Engineer. O*NET's Military Crosswalk links it to 18 civilian occupations. Among the civilian ones with a BLS wage, the May 2025 national median ranges from $41,730 (Agricultural Equipment Operators) to $105,770 (General and Operations Managers). O*NET gives 6 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 occupations related to 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer
In O*NET's order. Pay is the BLS national median annual wage, May 2025. Bright Outlook is O*NET's designation.
| Occupation | O*NET-SOC code | Median pay (BLS, May 2025) | Bright Outlook | TryHired guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General and Operations Managers | 11-1021.00 | $105,770 | Yes | Operations Manager |
| Agricultural Equipment Operators | 45-2091.00 | $41,730 | Yes | |
| Logging Equipment Operators | 45-4022.00 | $49,740 | ||
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 47-1011.00 | $79,920 | Yes | |
| Construction Laborers | 47-2061.00 | $47,120 | Yes | Construction Worker |
| Pile Driver Operators | 47-2072.00 | $73,300 | ||
| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | 47-2073.00 | $59,850 | Yes | Heavy Equipment Operator |
| Highway Maintenance Workers | 47-4051.00 | $50,260 | ||
| Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining | 47-5022.00 | $57,430 | ||
| Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas | 47-5023.00 | $60,190 | ||
| Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters | 47-5032.00 | $61,390 | ||
| First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators | 53-1043.00 | Not published | ||
| First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants | 53-1044.00 | Not published | ||
| First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other | 53-1049.00 | Not published | ||
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 53-3032.00 | $58,640 | Yes | Truck Driver |
| Crane and Tower Operators | 53-7021.00 | $68,080 | Crane Operator | |
| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators | 53-7051.00 | $46,420 | Forklift Operator | |
| Material Moving Workers, All Other | 53-7199.00 | $41,800 |
The Defense Manpower Data Center's own record for 12N maps it to: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers.
What a crosswalk match means, and what it doesn't
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.
Turning 12N experience into a civilian job
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.
TryHired's guide to this career (General and Operations Managers).
Open →Career guideConstruction WorkerTryHired's guide to this career (Construction Laborers).
Open →Career guideHeavy Equipment OperatorTryHired's guide to this career (Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators).
Open →Career guideTruck DriverTryHired's guide to this career (Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers).
Open →Career guideCrane OperatorTryHired's guide to this career (Crane and Tower Operators).
Open →Career guideForklift OperatorTryHired's guide to this career (Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators).
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- O*NET Resource Center, Military crosswalk data (source: Defense Manpower Data Center).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates (public domain).