These are the civilian jobs the U.S. Department of Labor maps to 94F, 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 Special Electronic Devices experience already fits, and build toward the rest.
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
$45,760/yr mediantypical $33k–$66k~78K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Special Electronic Devices work maps straight onto the maintenance, repair & installation side of this role.
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
$56,430/yr mediantypical $37k–$80k~84K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Install, program, maintain, and repair security and fire alarm wiring and equipment.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Special Electronic Devices work maps straight onto the maintenance, repair & installation side of this role.
Calibration Technologists and Technicians
$62,790/yr mediantypical $42k–$101k~13K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Execute or adapt procedures and techniques for calibrating measurement devices, by applying knowledge of measurement science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and electronics, sometimes under the…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Special Electronic Devices occupations on the engineering & technical design side—a natural next step.
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
$66,680/yr mediantypical $42k–$101k~58K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Special Electronic Devices occupations on the maintenance, repair & installation side—a natural next step.
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
$61,270/yr mediantypical $38k–$92k~160K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Special Electronic Devices occupations on the maintenance, repair & installation side—a natural next step.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
$72,800/yr mediantypical $46k–$105k~97K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry,…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Special Electronic Devices occupations on the engineering & technical design side—a natural next step.
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: High-school diploma plus short on-the-job training
Assemble or modify electromechanical equipment or devices, such as servomechanisms, gyros, dynamometers, magnetic drums, tape drives, brakes, control linkage, actuators, and appliances.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Special Electronic Devices occupations on the manufacturing & production side—a natural next step.
Robotics Technicians
$65,080/yr mediantypical $44k–$105k~15K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Special Electronic Devices occupations on the engineering & technical design side—a natural next step.
