About My Next Move for Veterans

My Next Move for Veterans is designed for U.S. veterans who are current job seekers. The interactive tool helps vets learn about their career options. The site has tasks, skills, salary information, job listings, and more for over 900 different careers. Veterans can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or by discovering civilian careers that are similar to their job in the military. Veterans can also take advantage of the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person's interests and level of work experience.

My Next Move for Veterans is developed and maintained by the National Center for O*NET Development, under the sponsorship of the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) through a grant to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Learn more about O*NET.

About the data

The careers listed here, along with occupational information except as listed below, come from the 29.1 release of the O*NET Database. Information in the database comes from incumbent workers, occupational experts, analysts, employer job postings, and customer & professional association input. Learn more about O*NET data collection.

My Next Move for Veterans also includes content from external sources. See the External Data Sources page for a full listing.

My Next Move for Veterans career overviews also include links to external sources sponsored by USDOL/ETA:

For more information about the data used in a particular career, see our career data sources list.

Education

Education degree requirements come from the O*NET Database. Survey responses are collected in 12 categories:

no high school diploma/GED
less than a high school diploma or equivalent
high school diploma/GED
or the equivalent
certificate after high school
awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
some college
 
associate's degree
or other 2-year degree
bachelor's degree
 
certificate after college
awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.
master's degree
 
certificate after master's
awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
professional degree
awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.
doctoral degree
 
post-doctoral training
 

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Industry employment is provided by the 2023 "industry employment by occupation" statistics, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections .

Job Outlook

Career outlook designations reflect estimates of future demand across the United States. National growth and job openings projections are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023-2033 employment projections . New & Emerging occupations are identified by the National Center for O*NET Development Taxonomy Project.

  • Bright outlook careers are New & Emerging occupations, are expected to have at least a 6% increase in employment over 2023-2033, or are projected to have 100,000 or more job openings over 2023-2033.
    9% increase or more =
    "This career will grow much faster than average."
    6% - 8% increase =
    "This career will grow faster than average."
  • Average outlook careers are projected to have at least a 3% increase in employment over 2023-2033, but don't meet the criteria for Bright outlook.
    3% - 5% increase =
    "This career will grow about as fast as average."
  • Below average outlook careers don't meet the criteria for Bright or Average outlook.
    1% - 2% increase =
    "This career will grow slower than average."
    remain largely unchanged =
    "This career will have little or no change in employment size."
    -1% decrease or more =
    "This career will decline in employment size."

A listing of all career outlook designations can be found at the O*NET Resource Center.

Salary information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 wage data . Low, average, and high salaries displayed are the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles published by BLS.

State map information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 employment location quotient data . The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. On the maps, "average" states have a location quotient between 0.80 and 1.25, "above average" states have a location quotient of 1.25 or higher, and "below average" states have a location quotient lower than 0.80.

Technology

A “Hot Technology” is a technology requirement frequently included across all employer job postings. Their identification helps customers learn which software skills are in demand within the current U.S. economy.

Hot Technologies are distinguished by a fire icon: Hot Technology

An “In Demand” technology is a requirement frequently included in employer job postings for a particular career. In Demand technologies are distinguished by a graph icon: In Demand

For a complete listing of current hot technologies, visit O*NET OnLine. To learn about the development of hot and in demand technologies, see Hot Technologies and In Demand Technology Skills within the O*NET System.

Videos

Career Overview and Career Cluster videos and transcripts are provided by CareerOneStop .

About the Military Transition Search

The military search within My Next Move for Veterans combines several sources of military occupation linkages. For details, see the Military Transition Search report at the O*NET Resource Center.

The search is based on data from the MOC crosswalk by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) , and supplemented with data from:

To download military crosswalk data, visit the Crosswalks page at the O*NET Resource Center.

Where available, civilian career results display the minimum military pay grade at which a service member would usually qualify for the career, and the amount of preparation needed to transition:

First term =
Service members can transition to this career within their first term (4-6 years) of service.
First term plus prep =
Service members can possibly transition to this career within their first term (4-6 years) of service, but may need to get state licensure or additional education, training, or experience.
Long term =
Service members probably cannot transition to this career within their first term (4-6 years) of service.