Army · 92M
Your Mortuary Affairs Specialist experience maps to civilian jobs like Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers and Embalmers—and well beyond. Explore the specific roles below, see what each pays and requires, and build from there.
The federal crosswalk lists only a broad “Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other” bucket for 92M—so here are the specific civilian roles Mortuary Affairs Specialist experience genuinely maps to. See what each involves, what it pays, and why it fits.
$51,030/yr mediantypical $31k–$92k~24K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details,…
Why it fits: Mortuary-affairs experience maps to mortician and funeral-director roles.
$54,090/yr mediantypical $35k–$80k~3K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Why it fits: Remains care and preparation transfer to embalming (with licensure).
$33,850/yr mediantypical $24k–$47k~33K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing…
Why it fits: Ceremony and family support map to funeral-attendant roles.
$75,660/yr mediantypical $45k–$131k~14K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Mortuary Affairs Specialist occupations on the management & project leadership side—a natural next step.
$41,670/yr mediantypical $31k–$61k~3K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Operate crematory equipment to reduce human or animal remains to bone fragments in accordance with state and local regulations.
Why it fits: Closely related to the civilian jobs your Mortuary Affairs Specialist experience already matches.
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth; many openings
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Mortuary Affairs Specialist occupations on the healthcare support side—a natural next step.
$46,690/yr mediantypical $31k–$72k~106K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.
Why it fits: Closely related to the civilian jobs your Mortuary Affairs Specialist experience already matches.
$59,730/yr mediantypical $46k–$78k~630K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Mortuary Affairs Specialist occupations on the healthcare (clinical) side—a natural next step.
$60,610/yr mediantypical $41k–$83k~110K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Mortuary Affairs Specialist occupations on the healthcare (clinical) side—a natural next step.
Roles selected from the O*NET occupations that fit Mortuary Affairs Specialist experience; the Department of Labor's own crosswalk lists only the broad “Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other” category for this code. Pay is BLS OEWS (May 2023). See the O*NET crosswalk.
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 Mortuary Affairs Specialist experience into evidence a civilian hiring manager can act on.
List the systems, vehicles, equipment, and tools you personally operated as Mortuary Affairs Specialist—plus qualifications, certifications, and the recurring high-stakes tasks you owned.
Soldiers 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 “92M.” Search job boards by the equipment, skills, and outcomes above as much as by “Mortuary Affairs Specialist.”
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.