Air Force AFSC career field

Medical and Healthcare military jobs and civilian careers

Browse 18 Air Force guides covering clinical, emergency care, diagnostics, public health, and medical support specialties. Choose an exact specialty to review role lanes, salary evidence, credentials, and resume translation.

18 code-specific guides
4A0X1

Health Services Management

Patient access, health information, healthcare IT, medical readiness, revenue cycle, and clinic operations paths.

$35k to $219k
4A1X1

Medical Materiel

Healthcare inventory, purchasing, logistics, equipment asset, and supply-chain management paths for Air Force 4A1X1 veterans.

$34k to $219k
4A2X1

Biomedical Equipment

Biomedical equipment repair, field service, calibration, imaging support, and healthcare technology leadership paths.

$39k to $219k
4B0X1

Bioenvironmental Engineering

Occupational safety, environmental health, exposure assessment, industrial hygiene, and EHS pathways for Air Force 4B0X1 veterans.

$36k to $130k
4C0X1

Mental Health Service

Behavioral health technician, psychiatric technician, case management support, substance-use support, crisis response, and healthcare operations.

$38k to $130k
4D0X1

Diet Therapy

Therapeutic diet, institutional food service, nutrition support, community health, and credentialed nutrition pathways for Air Force 4D0X1 veterans.

$25k to $105k
4E0X1

Public Health

Occupational health, public health programs, environmental health, disease surveillance, and compliance paths.

$40k to $135k
4H0X1

Respiratory Care Practitioner

Respiratory therapist, pulmonary lab, sleep lab, cardiopulmonary diagnostics, and clinical operations paths. RRT status drives access.

$61k to $128k
4J0X2

Physical Medicine

Therapy aide, PTA bridge, OTA bridge, orthotic services, rehab coordination, and clinic leadership paths with credential guardrails.

$34k to $118k
4N0X1

Aerospace Medical Service

Medical assistant, EMT, paramedic, nursing bridge, aeromedical evacuation, and healthcare operations paths. Credentials decide the ceiling.

$36k to $120k
4N1X1

Surgical Technologist

OR technologist, sterile processing, surgical assistant bridge, specialty surgical service, and OR leadership paths with CST guardrails.

$39k to $118k
4P0X1

Pharmacy

Pharmacy technician, sterile compounding, inventory, informatics, pharmacy operations, and PharmD bridge paths with state-rule guardrails.

$35k to $137k
4R0X1

Diagnostic Imaging

Radiography, CT, MRI, mammography, sonography, nuclear medicine, interventional imaging, and imaging leadership paths.

$52k to $141k
4T0X1

Medical Laboratory

MLT, MLS bridge, blood bank, microbiology, chemistry, quality, and laboratory operations paths for Air Force 4T0X1 veterans.

$38k to $219k
4T0X2

Histopathology

Histotechnician, histotechnologist bridge, surgical pathology, tissue-bank, quality, and histology operations paths for Air Force 4T0X2 veterans.

$38k to $219k
4V0X1

Ophthalmic

Eye clinic technician, optician, ophthalmic imaging, surgical assistant, clinic lead, and optometry bridge paths.

$34k to $134k
4Y0X1

Dental Assistant

Dental assisting, radiography, infection control, practice operations, expanded functions, and dental-hygiene pathways for Air Force 4Y0X1 veterans.

$35k to $120k
4Y0X2

Dental Laboratory

Dental lab, fixed and removable prosthetics, ceramics, orthodontics, CAD/CAM, quality, and production paths for Air Force 4Y0X2 veterans.

$34k to $75k

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