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Marine Corps 5506 · Staff Officer, The President's Own, U.S. Marine Band
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Staff Officer, The President's Own, U.S. Marine Band (5506) is a Marine Corps officer specialty. O*NET's military crosswalk links it to 3 civilian occupations; the closest matches here are Music Directors and Composers, General and Operations Managers, and Administrative Services Managers. Typical national pay across these matches runs from $73,710 to $114,130 a year, and 2 of them carry an O*NET Bright Outlook (growing or many openings).

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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 5506, with typical national pay.
$73,710/yr typical pay
Slow growth
$105,770/yr typical pay
Growing
$114,130/yr typical pay
Growing
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.
Sample resume lines built from the tasks the U.S. Department of Labor (O*NET) lists for civilian jobs that match 5506. Use the ones that describe what you actually did.
Examples only, adapted from O*NET task statements for Music Directors and Composers. Your resume is written from your own duties and uses only the numbers you give us.
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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 Marine Corps, 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.
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Lead with a civilian job title that fits what you actually did (the matches on this page, like music directors and composers, are a good place to start), and add a secondary line like 'Military title: Staff Officer, The President's Own, U.S. Marine Band (5506), U.S. Marine Corps'. Recruiters search civilian titles; the code helps veteran-focused employers.
O*NET maps 5506 to 3 related civilian occupations. The closest matches include music directors and composers, general and operations managers, and administrative services managers.
Of the matches on this page, Administrative Services Managers has the highest national median pay: $114,130 a year (BLS 2025). Pay varies by location and experience.
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Build My ResumeLast updated 2026-10-24. 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.