Military vs gunner

The differences between militaries and gunners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a gunner has an average salary of $51,584, which is higher than the $51,584 average annual salary of a military.

The top three skills for a military include veterans, hand tools and ladders. The most important skills for a gunner are combat, foot patrol, and weapon systems.

Military vs gunner overview

	Military	Gunner
Yearly salary	$51,584	$51,584
Hourly rate	$24.80	$24.80
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	7,632	670
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 43%
Average age	24	24
Years of experience	-	-

Military vs gunner salary

Militaries and gunners have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Military	Gunner
Average salary	$51,584	$51,584
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $108,000	Between $24,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	Santa Clara, CA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Baker Hughes	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between military and gunner education

There are a few differences between a military and a gunner in terms of educational background:

	Military	Gunner
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 43%
Most common major	Business	Criminal Justice
Most common college	-	-

Military vs gunner demographics

Here are the differences between militaries' and gunners' demographics:

	Military	Gunner
Average age	24	24
Gender ratio	Male, 72.6% Female, 27.4%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 15.3% Unknown, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Asian, 7.0% White, 51.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.9% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 52.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between military and gunner duties and responsibilities

Military example responsibilities.

Manage life threatening psychiatric emergencies and refer military and families to in-patient and out-patient network providers and provide supportive EAP counseling.
Act as drug testing NCO.
Train first responders in HAZMAT awareness.
Hone skills on alertness, and weapon qualifications.
Help create and publish DMS customer service survey statistics.
Complete EMT training, CPR training, and patient transport.

Gunner example responsibilities.

Manage life threatening psychiatric emergencies and refer military and families to in-patient and out-patient network providers and provide supportive EAP counseling.
Maintain knowledge of network analysis, SIGINT production and security procedures.
Operate signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment and prepares logs and technical reports.
Contribute to improvements in the SRM process, hazard analysis and assessment.
Provide NSA knowledge of issues impacting the war fighter and high profile target countries.
Work in the office doing data entry and keep track of fellow marines in the platoon.

Military vs gunner skills

Common military skills

Veterans, 30%
Hand Tools, 19%
Ladders, 15%
HR, 4%
Hazmat, 3%
Combat, 3%

Common gunner skills

Combat, 22%
Foot Patrol, 13%
Weapon Systems, 12%
Platoon, 7%
CAL, 4%
Communications Equipment, 4%