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7 curated pathways for Texas, reordered by your answers. Ranking is guidance only.

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Texas Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Texas Department of State Health Services — EMS Personnel Certification

Closest typical 68WEstimate
Time
If NREMT current: roughly days–weeks for reciprocity processing after fingerprints/jurisprudence (estimate).
Cost
DSHS military and initial pages publish a $126 reciprocity fee; its reciprocity page describes a military fee exemption with documentation.

Review the Texas Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) pathway details, confirm current NREMT with Texas DSHS reciprocity/military guidance, and complete fingerprints + jurisprudence before relying on any timeline.

Adjusted for your answers

  • EMT: NREMT status unknown — confirm before applying.

Licensed occupation in Texas.

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Curated from 2026-09-10 research. Not re-checked on 2026-09-26.

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research base #3
Fast secondaryNeeds verification

Texas Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Texas Health and Human Services Commission — Nurse Aide Registry

Adjusted for your answers

  • CNA slightly raised as faster secondary credential when EMS path is blocked/slow.

Time (may be estimate): If military-equivalent exam route accepted: weeks for docs + exam (estimate). If NATCEP required: weeks–a few months (estimate).

No annual mean or annual median was in the BLS OEWS snapshot retrieved on 2026-09-27 for this selection. Missing or suppressed values were left blank.

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research base #4
Employment adjacentEstimate

Medical Assistant (Texas — unlicensed; optional national certification)

No separate Texas MA license identified; physician delegation framework under Occupations Code Chapter 157. Optional national certification.

Time (may be estimate): Employment-only: weeks (estimate). National cert: weeks–months depending on eligibility path (estimate).

No annual mean or annual median was in the BLS OEWS snapshot retrieved on 2026-09-27 for this selection. Missing or suppressed values were left blank.

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research base #6
Education requiredNeeds verification

Texas Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)

Texas Board of Nursing

Time (may be estimate): Often ~12–18 months VN program (estimate; program-dependent).

Annual median (Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses) $62,240. BLS OEWS 2025, series OEUS480000000000029206113. Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025. Annual mean (Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses) $62,770. BLS OEWS 2025, series OEUS480000000000029206104. Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025.

Licensed occupation in Texas.

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research base #2
Close if NRP, else longEstimate

Texas Paramedic (EMT-P certification or Licensed Paramedic)

Texas Department of State Health Services — EMS Personnel Certification/Licensure

Adjusted for your answers

  • Paramedic demoted: no NRP — base 68W is not paramedic; accredited program typically required.

Time (may be estimate): If NRP current: weeks for reciprocity (estimate). If not NRP: often 6–18+ months for accredited paramedic program + exam (estimate).

Annual median (Paramedics) $57,500. BLS OEWS 2025, series OEUS480000000000029204313. Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025. Annual mean (Paramedics) $57,590. BLS OEWS 2025, series OEUS480000000000029204304. Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025.

Licensed occupation in Texas.

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Texas Registered Nurse (RN)

Texas Board of Nursing

Time (may be estimate): Traditional ADN ~2 years; BSN ~4 years; published Military-to-RN mobility ~3 consecutive semesters after prerequisites (estimate; school-dependent).

No annual mean or annual median was in the BLS OEWS snapshot retrieved on 2026-09-27 for this selection. Missing or suppressed values were left blank.

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Education resources5 curated school/program entries for this MOS and state.
Research notes: pay, licensing, and VA dataOfficial data that still needs expert review

Pay range

Needs expert review

  • Annual median (Emergency Medical Technicians) $37,260. BLS OEWS 2025, series OEUS480000000000029204213. Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025.

    29-2042.00 does not appear on the Army 68W row in military_crosswalk/milx0724.csv. The 2015 enhanced-analysis workbook lists retired code 29-2041.00 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics instead. This gap is recorded for review and is not imported as a 68W match.

    BLS OEWS (opens in the browser)

    Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025.

  • Annual mean (Emergency Medical Technicians) $40,190. BLS OEWS 2025, series OEUS480000000000029204204. Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025.

    29-2042.00 does not appear on the Army 68W row in military_crosswalk/milx0724.csv. The 2015 enhanced-analysis workbook lists retired code 29-2041.00 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics instead. This gap is recorded for review and is not imported as a 68W match.

    BLS OEWS (opens in the browser)

    Checked 2026-09-27. Source year 2025.

Research details

Needs expert review. Sign-off not recorded.

Licensed occupation

Needs expert review

Licensed occupation in Texas.

29-2042.00 does not appear on the Army 68W row in military_crosswalk/milx0724.csv. The 2015 enhanced-analysis workbook lists retired code 29-2041.00 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics instead. This gap is recorded for review and is not imported as a 68W match.

This line is evidence that the file lists a license. It is not a determination that military training meets the license.

Research details
State/Federal Licensed Occupations (opens in the browser)

Checked 2026-09-27. Source date 20230810. Sign-off not recorded.

VA Intermediate Care Technician

Needs expert review

Not imported. The VA page for this role could not be found when it was checked on 2026-09-27, so no duties, pay, or eligibility are shown.

Research details

Not imported. HTTP 404 Not Found. https://vacareers.va.gov/ returned HTTP 200 and the saved HTML did not contain Intermediate Care Technician. No duties, pay, or eligibility were copied.

Attempted VA page (opens in the browser)

Retrieved 2026-09-27. Needs expert review. Sign-off not recorded.

Out of scope / not close bridges3 researched and set aside
  • Respiratory Care Practitioner: Requires TMB RCP pathway (accredited RT education/credentialing). No typical-68W equivalency identified.
  • Medical Radiologic Technologist: Requires TMB MRT education/exam path. 68W does not substitute.
  • Marketing claim: 68W automatically equals nurse/paramedic/RT: Non-primary inaccurate equivalency narratives — excluded.
Your answers and state
NREMT
unknown
CPR current
Unknown
Paramedic card (NRP)
No

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O*NET occupation matches · 68W

All 68-series crosswalk

Occupation classification only. Not a license, not military equivalency. Retrieved 2026-09-26.

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Not imported · needs review

29-2042.00 Emergency Medical Technicians. 29-2042.00 does not appear on the Army 68W row in military_crosswalk/milx0724.csv. The 2015 enhanced-analysis workbook lists retired code 29-2041.00 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics instead. This gap is recorded for review and is not imported as a 68W match.

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