21AX Aircraft Maintenance to Civilian Resume: Jobs & Pay

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Civilian jobs your experience qualifies you for

Your $19 package includes a personal Career Match Report built from your own duties. Here are the jobs the U.S. Department of Labor matches to 21AX, with typical national pay.

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$79,860/yr typical pay

Steady demand

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$107,230/yr typical pay

Growing

Logisticians

$82,320/yr typical pay

Growing fast

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$59,650/yr typical pay

Fewer openings over time

Aviation Inspectors

$92,100/yr typical pay

Slow growth

Typical pay = national median from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay varies by location and experience. Job matches from the O*NET Military Crosswalk.

What employers will see on your resume

Sample resume lines built from the tasks the U.S. Department of Labor (O*NET) lists for civilian jobs that match 21AX. Use the ones that describe what you actually did.

Inspected, tested, and measured completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements
Interpreted specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and laid out reference points for workers
Supervised the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials
Planned, developed, or implemented warehouse safety and security programs and activities
Maintained and developed positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity
Distributed production schedules or worked orders to departments

Examples only, adapted from O*NET task statements for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers and Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers. Your resume is written from your own duties and uses only the numbers you give us.

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Also in your Career Match Report

Keywords we build into your resume automatically

Most employers use resume-screening software (an ATS, or applicant tracking system) that searches for job-related words before a person ever reads your resume. We work the right ones in for you, using only what you actually did. Your report also lists them for your LinkedIn profile.

CoordinationComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementCustomer and Personal ServiceQuality Control AnalysisSystems AnalysisAutodesk AutoCADMicrosoft AccessYardi softwareAdministration and ManagementAutodesk AutoCAD Civil 3DBentley MicroStationManagement of Personnel Resources

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A note from the founder

I served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force from 2001 to 2009 as a 2W0 Munitions Systems specialist and a C-130 Loadmaster. I didn't work Aircraft Maintenance, so this page leans on O*NET and BLS data rather than my own memories. The problem is the same, though: your experience is valuable, and it has to be written in the civilian employer's language.

Travis Loso, founder of DutyToResume

Questions veterans ask

Do I list 21AX on a civilian resume?

Lead with a civilian job title that fits what you actually did (the matches on this page, like first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, are a good place to start), and add a secondary line like 'Military title: Aircraft Maintenance (21AX), U.S. Air Force'. Recruiters search civilian titles; the code helps veteran-focused employers.

What civilian jobs fit 21AX best?

O*NET maps 21AX to 5 related civilian occupations. The closest matches include first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers, transportation, storage, and distribution managers, and logisticians.

Which 21AX career match pays the most?

Of the matches on this page, Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers has the highest national median pay: $107,230 a year (BLS 2025). Pay varies by location and experience.

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Last updated 2026-10-14. Sources: O*NET OnLine Military Crosswalk (O*NET 31.0), https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/MOC; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data and 2024-2034 employment projections, as published on O*NET OnLine occupation summaries.

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