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Coast Guard EM · Electrician's Mate

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The Coast Guard describes the EM Electrician's Mate as installing, maintaining and repairing electrical equipment and machinery control systems, including power generation and distribution, propulsion motors and navigation equipment. Civilian employers call this electrician, power plant and maintenance work.

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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 EM, with typical national pay.

Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment

$84,890/yr typical pay

Growing

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$79,920/yr typical pay

Growing

Electricians

$63,190/yr typical pay

Growing fast

Solar Photovoltaic Installers

$53,140/yr typical pay

Growing fast

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay

$103,020/yr typical pay

Growing fast

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

How we rewrite the duties the Coast Guard itself lists for EM Electrician's Mate.

Official Coast Guard job descriptionEMs install, maintain, and repair sophisticated electrical equipment and machinery control systems

On your resumeInstalled, maintained and repaired electrical equipment and machinery control systems.

Official Coast Guard job descriptionPower generation and distribution systems, propulsion motors, navigation equipment

On your resumeWorked on power generation and distribution systems, propulsion motors and navigation equipment.

Official Coast Guard job descriptionAn EM may be the Engineer Petty Officer, who is responsible for the engineering department and equipment

On your resumeHeld responsibility for an engineering department and its equipment.

Official Coast Guard job descriptionCircuits and programmable logic

On your resumeWorked with circuits and programmable logic.

"Before" lines are quoted from the official job description on GoCoastGuard.com (official U.S. Coast Guard site). Examples only. Your resume is written from your own duties and uses only the numbers you give us.

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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.

Quality Control AnalysisOperations MonitoringComplex Problem SolvingRepairingJudgment and Decision MakingMechanicalCoordinationTroubleshootingInstallationEngineering and TechnologyMathematicsAdministration and ManagementBuilding and Construction

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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 served in the Air Force, not the Coast Guard, so this page is built from O*NET and BLS data rather than my own memories. The problem is the same in every branch: 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 EM on a civilian resume?

Lead with a civilian job title that fits what you actually did (the matches on this page, like electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment, are a good place to start), and add a secondary line like 'Military title: Electrician's Mate (EM), U.S. Coast Guard'. Recruiters search civilian titles; the code helps veteran-focused employers.

What civilian jobs fit EM best?

O*NET maps EM to 24 related civilian occupations. The closest matches include electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment, electricians, and electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.

Which EM career match pays the most?

Of the matches on this page, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay has the highest national median pay: $103,020 a year (BLS 2025). Pay varies by location and experience.

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Last updated 2026-10-25. 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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