Infantry

United States SOC 55-3016.00 Confidence ★★★☆☆

Also called: Combat Rifle Crewmember, Expeditionary Force - Combat Skills, Fighting Vehicle Infantryman, GWOT IA/ILO Multi-National Force, Not Deployed, GWOT Support Assignment-Basic Combat Unit Member, Heavy Antiarmor Weapons Infantryman, Indirect Fire Infantryman, Individual GWOT IA/ILO Multi-National Force

Operate weapons and equipment in ground combat operations.

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What infantry do

Operate weapons and equipment in ground combat operations. Duties include operating and maintaining weapons, such as rifles, machine guns, mortars, and hand grenades; locating, constructing, and camouflaging infantry positions and equipment; evaluating terrain and recording topographical information; operating and maintaining field communications equipment; assessing need for and directing supporting fire; placing explosives and performing minesweeping activities on land; and participating in basic reconnaissance operations.

Infantry salary

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Projected pay for Infantry (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

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Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →

Outlook score for Infantry

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Will AI replace Infantry? AI replacement risk

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How AI is changing this job

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AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →

Labor demand for Infantry

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Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (10-year). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.

Skills, education and requirements for Infantry

How to become infantry

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Career path and how to earn more as infantry

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Pay and employment figures are national statistics. Projected pay, outlook scores and AI replacement risk are estimates from the Shigoto Zukan model, not guarantees. To request a correction, use the contact form. How to read the data
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS; Employment Projections); O*NET 31.0 Database by USDOL/ETA (CC BY 4.0), modified by Shigoto Zukan. Pay ranges, projections and scores are Shigoto Zukan estimates.