These are the civilian jobs the U.S. Department of Labor maps to EM, 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 Electrician's Mate experience already fits, and build toward the rest.
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
$79,160/yr mediantypical $47k–$100k~8K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.
Why it fits: A direct Department of Labor match—your Electrician's Mate work maps straight onto the maintenance, repair & installation side of this role.
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 Electrician's Mate 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 Electrician's Mate occupations on the engineering & technical design side—a natural next step.
Avionics Technicians
$77,420/yr mediantypical $47k–$107k~21K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Electrician's Mate occupations on the maintenance, repair & installation side—a natural next step.
Lighting Technicians
$62,240/yr mediantypical $38k–$127k~10K U.S. jobs
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Set up, maintain, and dismantle light fixtures, lighting control devices, and the associated lighting electrical and rigging equipment used for photography, television, film, video, and live…
Why it fits: Closely related to your Electrician's Mate occupations on the media & communications side—a natural next step.
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 Electrician's Mate occupations on the engineering & technical design side—a natural next step.
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
$96,600/yr mediantypical $59k–$123k~25K U.S. jobs
★ Bright Outlook — Rapid growth
Typical entry: Associate degree, apprenticeship, or vocational training
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays.
Why it fits: Closely related to your Electrician's Mate occupations on the maintenance, repair & installation side—a natural next step.
