Marines · 8023
As a Jump Qualified Marine, you operated and led at the tip of the spear—making decisions under pressure, keeping teams alive and mission-focused, and owning people and equipment when the stakes were highest. No civilian job is a one-to-one match, but that leadership, composure, and discipline are exactly what security, law enforcement, operations, and management employers look for.
There's no one-to-one civilian crosswalk for 8023—the Department of Labor doesn't map a single job title to it. These are the specific civilian roles Jump Qualified Marine experience genuinely maps to: what each pays, what it involves, and why it fits.
$72,280/yr mediantypical $45k–$112k~646K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances.
Why it fits: Your Jump Qualified Marine experience maps directly onto the protective & law enforcement side of this role.
$37,070/yr mediantypical $29k–$57k~1.2M U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — many openings
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Guard, patrol, or monitor premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules.
Why it fits: Your Jump Qualified Marine experience maps directly onto the protective & law enforcement side of this role.
$65,930/yr mediantypical $44k–$104k~671K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and…
Why it fits: Your Jump Qualified Marine experience maps directly onto the manufacturing & production side of this role.
$56,160/yr mediantypical $38k–$96k~450K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move,…
Why it fits: Your Jump Qualified Marine experience maps directly onto the construction & skilled trades side of this role.
$57,120/yr mediantypical $32k–$94k~315K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Control and extinguish fires or respond to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk.
Why it fits: Your Jump Qualified Marine experience maps directly onto the protective & law enforcement side of this role.
$64,340/yr mediantypical $36k–$116k~403K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance.
Why it fits: Your Jump Qualified Marine experience maps directly onto the business & financial operations side of this role.
$91,100/yr mediantypical $51k–$154k~107K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Conduct investigations related to suspected violations of federal, state, or local laws to prevent or solve crimes.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Jump Qualified Marine occupations on the protective & law enforcement side—a natural next step.
$101,750/yr mediantypical $60k–$161k~138K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Jump Qualified Marine occupations on the protective & law enforcement side—a natural next step.
$72,250/yr mediantypical $53k–$108k~2K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Jump Qualified Marine occupations on the protective & law enforcement side—a natural next step.
$53,040/yr mediantypical $30k–$88k~16K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Maintain order in courts of law.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Jump Qualified Marine occupations on the protective & law enforcement side—a natural next step.
$53,300/yr mediantypical $38k–$87k~351K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Jump Qualified Marine occupations on the protective & law enforcement side—a natural next step.
$61,800/yr mediantypical $42k–$105k~86K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Bachelor’s degree typically expected
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Jump Qualified Marine occupations on the community & social services side—a natural next step.
Roles selected from the O*NET occupations that fit Jump Qualified Marine experience; the Department of Labor doesn't publish a one-to-one crosswalk for this code. Pay is BLS OEWS (May 2023). See the O*NET crosswalk.
Adjacent and stretch fields where your experience gives you a credible starting point.
$72,280/yr medianPolice and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (representative)
Why it fits: Sound judgment under pressure, teamwork, and operating within rules of engagement translate directly to policing.
What it takes: Academy / POST certification, background, and fitness standards apply.
Explore this route →$37,070/yr medianSecurity Guards (representative)
Why it fits: Threat awareness, discipline, and calm under stress fit corporate, site, and executive security.
What it takes: State guard licensing; ASIS credentials help for management.
Explore this route →$79,400/yr medianLogisticians (representative)
Why it fits: Leading squads through complex tasks maps to frontline operations and site supervision.
What it takes: Translate people led, tempo, and outcomes; Lean/Six Sigma helps vocabulary.
Explore this route →$48,940/yr medianSurveying and Mapping Technicians (representative)
Why it fits: Accountability for gear, movement, and readiness supports distribution and logistics.
What it takes: Forklift/OSHA credentials; document volume handled.
Explore this route →$81,140/yr medianOccupational Health and Safety Specialists (representative)
Why it fits: Planning and executing amid chaos translates to disaster response and EOC roles.
What it takes: FEMA Independent Study courses build civilian terminology.
Explore this route →$61,590/yr medianElectricians (representative)
Why it fits: Discipline and hands-on aptitude make veterans strong apprenticeship candidates.
What it takes: Apprenticeship or trade school; the GI Bill can fund it.
Explore this route →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.
Lead with hands-on tasks, tools, equipment, qualifications, safety discipline, and the conditions in which you performed. Do not inflate supervisory scope.
Add team leadership, training, inspections, work allocation, quality control, readiness, and the people or assets you directly supervised.
Emphasize multi-team operations, schedules, resource forecasting, safety systems, policy enforcement, advising leaders, and organization-level results.
A translated title isn't enough. These four moves turn Jump Qualified Marine experience into evidence a civilian hiring manager can act on.
List the systems, vehicles, equipment, and tools you personally operated as Jump Qualified Marine—plus qualifications, certifications, and the recurring high-stakes tasks you owned.
Marines led, dollar value of equipment you were accountable for, workload, readiness rates, and safety or quality outcomes. Scope beats adjectives.
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.
Recruiters rarely search “8023.” Search job boards by the equipment, skills, and outcomes above as much as by “Jump Qualified Marine.”
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.
Train or intern with a civilian employer during your last ~180 days on active duty—at full military pay.
Earn a paycheck while you train for a trade or technical role; USMAP can credit the military training you already have.
Corporate fellowships and hiring events that place transitioning service members and military spouses.
Free career training and nationally recognized certifications for service members, veterans, and spouses.
VA-funded high-tech training (IT, cyber, data, software) that does not touch your GI Bill entitlement.
Free local career centers plus certification and state-by-state license finders for any field.
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.