SOC 55-3014.00

    Artillery and Missile Crew Members

    Target, fire, and maintain weapons used to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels.

    Median pay
    Not reported
    Growth
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    Openings a year
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    Typical education
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    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

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    Annual pay range

    Not reported in the latest federal data

    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

    What artillery and missile crew members do

    Target, fire, and maintain weapons used to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels. Field artillery crew members predominantly use guns, cannons, and howitzers in ground combat operations, while air defense artillery crew members predominantly use missiles and rockets. Naval artillery crew members predominantly use torpedoes and missiles launched from a ship or submarine. Duties include testing, inspecting, and storing ammunition, missiles, and torpedoes; conducting preventive and routine maintenance on weapons and related equipment; establishing and maintaining radio and wire communications; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

    Also called

    Advanced TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System (ATWCS) AN/SWG-4 Operator and Maintenance Technician · Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Crewmember · Aircraft Armament Mechanic · Anti-tank Missileman · Artillery Meteorological Man · ATWCS Launch Control Group Replacement (LCGR) Operation and Maintenance Technician · Cannon Crewmember · Cannon Fire Direction Specialist · Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data System Specialist · Field Artillery Basic

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    1. This career

      • Artillery and Missile Crew MembersPay not reported

    2. Majors

      • Military Systems and Maintenance Technology8 colleges
      • Security Policy and Strategy1 college

    3. Colleges

    College Scorecard program outcomes

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    1. 1
      Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

      Daytona Beach, FL · Military Systems and Maintenance Technology · Bachelor's

      1 yr after
      $58,318
      4 yrs after
      $72,903
      Median debt
      $25,500

    Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data, 2025. Programs with few graduates are not listed.

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    Sources and attribution

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    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.