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Marines · 3000

Basic Supply/Service Marine

Your Basic Supply/Service Marine experience maps to civilian jobs like Stockers and Order Fillers and Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks—and well beyond. Explore the specific roles below, see what each pays and requires, and build from there.

Civilian jobs that match 3000

These are the civilian jobs the U.S. Department of Labor maps to 3000, plus the roles most closely related to them—ordered from the closest match. Think of them as a floor, not a ceiling: see what each role involves and pays, start where your Basic Supply/Service Marine experience already fits, and build toward the rest.

Closest matches

Stockers and Order Fillers

$36,390/yr mediantypical $29k–$49k~2.9M U.S. jobs

★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth; many openings

Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders.

Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Basic Supply/Service Marine work maps straight onto the transportation & logistics side of this role.

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

$39,780/yr mediantypical $31k–$58k~844K U.S. jobs

Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training

Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments involving inventory.

Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Basic Supply/Service Marine work maps straight onto the administration & operations support side of this role.

Related roles worth exploring

Source: O*NET / DMDC Military Crosswalk and O*NET related-occupations data, August 2024. Pay is BLS OEWS (May 2023).

Your rank changes the story

Use the level that reflects what you actually did—not rank alone. Two people with the same code and very different experience should not submit the same résumé.

E-1–E-4

Junior Enlisted

Lead with hands-on tasks, tools, equipment, qualifications, safety discipline, and the conditions in which you performed. Do not inflate supervisory scope.

E-5–E-6

Non-Commissioned Officer

Add team leadership, training, inspections, work allocation, quality control, readiness, and the people or assets you directly supervised.

E-7–E-9

Senior NCO

Emphasize multi-team operations, schedules, resource forecasting, safety systems, policy enforcement, advising leaders, and organization-level results.

Turn 3000 into proof employers trust

A translated title isn't enough. These four moves turn Basic Supply/Service Marine experience into evidence a civilian hiring manager can act on.

  1. Show what you ran

    List the systems, vehicles, equipment, and tools you personally operated as Basic Supply/Service Marine—plus qualifications, certifications, and the recurring high-stakes tasks you owned.

  2. Put numbers on leadership

    Marines led, dollar value of equipment you were accountable for, workload, readiness rates, and safety or quality outcomes. Scope beats adjectives.

  3. Close the credential gap early

    For any target role, name the license, degree, or software it requires and start now—your GI Bill and credentialing assistance can cover most of it.

  4. Search by capability, not code

    Recruiters rarely search “3000.” Search job boards by the equipment, skills, and outcomes above as much as by “Basic Supply/Service Marine.”

Programs built to hire & train veterans

You don't have to make this jump alone. These programs exist specifically to move service members into civilian careers—most are free, and several pay you while you train.

How to use this: Treat these as targets, not limits. Your exact duties depend on your assignments, so lead with what you actually did—and remember that regulated careers require their own license, certification, or degree.

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