13J MOS (Fire Control Specialist): 15 civilian careers O*NET links to it, with pay.
The civilian occupations O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates to Army 13J, each with its BLS median pay and a TryHired career page where we have one.
13J is the Army enlisted military occupational specialty Fire Control Specialist. O*NET's Military Crosswalk links it to 15 civilian occupations, plus 1 military-only occupation. Among the civilian ones with a BLS wage, the May 2025 national median ranges from $41,340 (Data Entry Keyers) to $105,770 (General and Operations Managers), using broader BLS occupations for some specialties. O*NET gives 5 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 13J Fire Control Specialist
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 |
| Emergency Management Directors | 11-9161.00 | $93,330 | ||
| Training and Development Specialists | 13-1151.00 | $69,280 | Yes | Training Specialist |
| Database Administrators | 15-1242.00 | $104,620 | Database Administrator | |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 15-1244.00 | $99,130 | System Administrator | |
| Cartographers and Photogrammetrists | 17-1021.00 | $81,390 | Yes | |
| Surveying and Mapping Technicians | 17-3031.00 | $54,240 | Yes | |
| Remote Sensing Technicians | 19-4099.03 | $62,280 (BLS: Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other) | ||
| Broadcast Technicians | 27-4012.00 | $59,570 | ||
| Data Entry Keyers | 43-9021.00 | $41,340 | Data Entry Clerk | |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 49-1011.00 | $79,860 | ||
| Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers | 49-2022.00 | $63,890 | ||
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | 49-2094.00 | $74,090 | ||
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | 49-3031.00 | $61,770 | Diesel Mechanic | |
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | 49-3042.00 | $65,510 | Yes |
O*NET also lists 1 military-only occupation for 13J: Artillery and Missile Crew Members. BLS does not publish civilian pay for these.
The Defense Manpower Data Center's own record for 13J maps it to: Artillery and Missile Crew Members.
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 13J 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 guideTraining SpecialistTryHired's guide to this career (Training and Development Specialists).
Open →Career guideDatabase AdministratorTryHired's guide to this career (Database Administrators).
Open →Career guideSystem AdministratorTryHired's guide to this career (Network and Computer Systems Administrators).
Open →Career guideData Entry ClerkTryHired's guide to this career (Data Entry Keyers).
Open →Career guideDiesel MechanicTryHired's guide to this career (Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists).
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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).