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15R MOS (AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer): 11 civilian careers O*NET links to it, with pay.

The civilian occupations O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates to Army 15R, 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

15R is the Army enlisted military occupational specialty AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer. O*NET's Military Crosswalk links it to 11 civilian occupations. Among the civilian ones with a BLS wage, the May 2025 national median ranges from $46,880 (Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators) to $92,100 (Aviation Inspectors), using broader BLS occupations for some specialties. O*NET gives 4 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 15R AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer

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 15R
OccupationO*NET-SOC codeMedian pay (BLS, May 2025)Bright OutlookTryHired guide
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers49-1011.00$79,860
Avionics Technicians49-2091.00$82,280YesAvionics Technician
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers49-2092.00$56,210
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians49-3011.00$79,870YesAircraft Mechanic
Maintenance Workers, Machinery49-9043.00$60,850Maintenance Worker
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General49-9071.00$49,590YesMaintenance Technician
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers51-2011.00$65,380
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers51-2031.00$53,710
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators51-2051.00$46,880Yes
Aviation Inspectors53-6051.01$92,100 (BLS: Transportation Inspectors)
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation53-6051.07$92,100 (BLS: Transportation Inspectors)

The Defense Manpower Data Center's own record for 15R maps it to: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians.

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 15R 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 15R get?
O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates 15R AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer to 11 civilian occupations, including First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, Avionics Technicians, Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers, Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians. Whether you qualify depends on each job's licensing, certification and experience requirements.
What is the civilian equivalent of 15R?
There is no single equivalent. The Defense Manpower Data Center maps 15R to Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians; O*NET's crosswalk lists 11 related civilian occupations.
How much do civilian jobs related to 15R pay?
BLS national medians for May 2025 run from $46,880 (Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators) to $92,100 (Aviation Inspectors) 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).