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Command and Control Center Specialists

Command and Control Center Specialists: Career Profile

Operate and monitor communications, detection, and weapons systems essential for controlling air, ground, and naval operations. Duties include maintaining and relaying critical communications between air, naval, and ground forces; implementing emergency plans for natural and wartime disasters; relaying command center information to high-level military and government decisionmakers; monitoring surveillance and detection systems, such as air defense; interpreting and evaluating tactical situations and making recommendations to superiors; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.

What Do Command and Control Center Specialists Perform?

Other Command and Control Center Specialists Job Titles

This career also goes by job titles like:

  • ACDS Block 1 Operator
  • AEGIS Console Operator Track 3
  • AN/SSN-2 (V) 4 Operator
  • AN/SYQ-13 NAV/C2 Operator
  • AN/TSQ-73 Air Defense Artillery Command and Control System Operator/Maintainer
  • ASW/ASUW Tactical Air Control (ASTAC) Leadership
  • ASW/ASUW Tactical Air Controller (ASTAC)
  • Aegis Operations Specialist

How Many Command and Control Center Specialists Are There?

There are about 7,969 command and control center specialists working in the United States today. Employment is projected to decline by -4.2% over the projection horizon.

Forecasted number of jobs for Command and Control Center Specialists

Salary for Command and Control Center Specialists

Statistic Value
Annual median $69,900
Hourly median $33.61
10th percentile $39,517
25th percentile $54,709
75th percentile $85,091
90th percentile $100,282

Pay can vary substantially based on experience, location, and industry.

Salary ranges for Command and Control Center Specialists

Top Programs to Study For This Career

Aspiring command and control center specialists often complete programs in:

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

7 programs across 2 majors

About the Data

Data on this page comes from the following authoritative sources:

  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) for employment and wage data by state and industry.
  • BLS Employment Projections for total employment and growth forecasts.
  • O*NET (Occupational Information Network) for skills, knowledge, tasks, work activities, work context, technology, and education-zone data.

SOC code: 55-3015.00 (Command and Control Center Specialists).

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