92G MOS (Culinary Specialist): 20 civilian careers O*NET links to it, with pay.
The civilian occupations O*NET's Military Crosswalk relates to Army 92G, each with its BLS median pay and a TryHired career page where we have one.
92G is the Army enlisted military occupational specialty Culinary Specialist. O*NET's Military Crosswalk links it to 20 civilian occupations. Among the civilian ones with a BLS wage, the May 2025 national median ranges from $30,890 (Cooks, Fast Food) to $148,080 (Purchasing Managers). O*NET gives 13 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 92G Culinary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchasing Managers | 11-3061.00 | $148,080 | Purchasing Manager | |
| Food Service Managers | 11-9051.00 | $69,390 | Yes | Food Service Manager |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | 35-1011.00 | $62,470 | Yes | Chef |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 35-1012.00 | $44,080 | Yes | |
| Cooks, Fast Food | 35-2011.00 | $30,890 | Yes | |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | 35-2012.00 | $37,450 | ||
| Cooks, Private Household | 35-2013.00 | $47,940 | Yes | |
| Cooks, Restaurant | 35-2014.00 | $37,390 | Yes | Line Cook |
| Cooks, Short Order | 35-2015.00 | $35,880 | ||
| Food Preparation Workers | 35-2021.00 | $35,320 | Yes | |
| Bartenders | 35-3011.00 | $34,340 | Yes | Bartender |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 35-3023.00 | $31,200 | Yes | |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 35-3041.00 | $35,360 | Yes | Food Server |
| Dishwashers | 35-9021.00 | $34,810 | Dishwasher | |
| Bakers | 51-3011.00 | $37,160 | Yes | Baker |
| Butchers and Meat Cutters | 51-3021.00 | $40,140 | ||
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 51-3022.00 | $38,300 | Yes | |
| Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-3091.00 | $44,810 | ||
| Food Batchmakers | 51-3092.00 | $42,290 | Yes | |
| Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-3093.00 | $41,590 |
The Defense Manpower Data Center's own record for 92G maps it to: Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria, Food Preparation 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 92G experience into a civilian job
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TryHired's guide to this career (Purchasing Managers).
Open →Career guideFood Service ManagerTryHired's guide to this career (Food Service Managers).
Open →Career guideChefTryHired's guide to this career (Chefs and Head Cooks).
Open →Career guideLine CookTryHired's guide to this career (Cooks, Restaurant).
Open →Career guideBartenderTryHired's guide to this career (Bartenders).
Open →Career guideFood ServerTryHired's guide to this career (Food Servers, Nonrestaurant).
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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.
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- 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).