Military

Artillery & Missile Crew

SOC 55-3013

Operate and fire artillery and missile systems on a crew.

The job

Median pay

$42k

Estimated

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Stable

Estimated

Openings a year

Estimated

Typical education

High school

Our model

AI exposure

Not measured

No task data or O*NET work context for this role, so it is not ranked

Future-proof

56/100

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Key skills

Weapons systems
Precision
Teamwork
Discipline
Composure

Armed forces by state

BLS does not survey the military. These are the Census counts of armed-forces members living in each state (ACS 2023 5-year), all military occupations together; per 1,000 is against the state's labor force, and there are no pay figures by state.

State	Members	Per 1,000	vs national
California	161,596	8.0	1.1×
Virginia	130,751	28.5	3.8×
Texas	118,359	7.9	1.0×
North Carolina	108,012	20.2	2.7×
Florida	78,025	7.2	0.9×
Washington	63,401	15.7	2.1×
Georgia	59,494	10.9	1.4×
Hawaii	49,289	65.5	8.6×
Colorado	42,683	13.2	1.7×
South Carolina	39,412	15.4	2.0×

All 51 states

State	Members	Per 1,000	vs national
Maryland	32,478	9.8	1.3×
New York	25,922	2.5	0.3×
Arizona	24,803	7.0	0.9×
Oklahoma	23,486	12.2	1.6×
Alaska	22,039	57.9	7.6×
Illinois	20,841	3.1	0.4×
Kansas	20,675	13.5	1.8×
Louisiana	19,915	9.2	1.2×
Tennessee	19,903	5.7	0.8×
Missouri	19,503	6.2	0.8×
Alabama	15,906	6.7	0.9×
New Mexico	14,637	14.9	2.0×
Kentucky	14,435	6.7	0.9×
Mississippi	13,452	10.0	1.3×
Nevada	13,013	8.2	1.1×
Ohio	12,184	2.0	0.3×
New Jersey	11,377	2.3	0.3×
Pennsylvania	9,390	1.4	0.2×
Connecticut	8,409	4.3	0.6×
North Dakota	7,306	17.2	2.3×
Utah	6,976	4.0	0.5×
Arkansas	6,600	4.7	0.6×
Nebraska	6,503	6.2	0.8×
Massachusetts	5,781	1.5	0.2×
Indiana	5,440	1.6	0.2×
Michigan	5,414	1.1	0.1×
Idaho	5,172	5.5	0.7×
Oregon	4,301	2.0	0.3×
Minnesota	4,070	1.3	0.2×
Rhode Island	4,049	6.8	0.9×
Delaware	3,953	7.7	1.0×
Montana	3,883	6.9	0.9×
South Dakota	3,774	7.9	1.1×
Wisconsin	3,480	1.1	0.1×
Washington DC	3,463	8.6	1.1×
Wyoming	3,427	11.4	1.5×
Iowa	3,139	1.9	0.2×
West Virginia	2,530	3.2	0.4×
Maine	2,109	2.9	0.4×
New Hampshire	1,919	2.5	0.3×
Vermont	1,095	3.1	0.4×

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