Jobs by ASVAB score, branch by branch

Every branch first checks the AFQT against its own floor; the floors are listed on scores by branch. Then each job checks one or more line scores, which are explained on line scores. An Air Force job marked "G55 and M55" needs at least 55 on the General composite and 55 on Mechanical. Navy figures are sums of standard scores, so they run into the hundreds.

Minimums can change, and a job may add a physical, a security clearance or an age limit. Treat a table row as a starting point for the conversation with a recruiter.

The Army publishes which subtests make up each of its nine line scores and gives an example job for each one (the table is on line scores), but goarmy.com job pages do not print a minimum score. A typical pairing is Clerical for Human Resources Specialist, Combat for Infantryman, Skilled Technical for Ammunition Specialist and Mechanical Maintenance for artillery systems mechanics.

For the current Army number for a specific MOS, combat medic and military police included, ask a recruiter: the figures on third-party lists are not ones this site can source. The Army enlistment floor is 31.

Marine Corps: the AFQT floor is 31, and some specialties need more. marines.com does not list the line-score minimum for each specialty.

Coast Guard: the AFQT floor is 32, and gocoastguard.com does not publish rating minimums either. Coast Guard Recruiting Command can authorize case-by-case waivers of certain entrance standards, but no AFQT waiver number is published; ask your recruiter whether any apply.

For both, the recruiter has the current table.

Find the composite the job uses, then the subtests in it. A job on M or MM draws on Mechanical Comprehension and Auto and Shop, among others; E leans on Electronics Information and General Science; G and GT lean on the verbal subtests and Arithmetic Reasoning. A study plan built that way is on the ASVAB study guide.