ASVAB line scores: every service composite from your subtests
Type seven standard scores once. The table under the calculator gives the Air Force MAGE percentiles, the four Marine Corps composites and the ten Army line scores.
Army GT line score
100
AFQT 48 · Air Force G 49 · Marine GT 100
| Air Force M / A / G / E | 47 / 49 / 49 / 50 |
| Marine MM / GT / EL / CL | 100 / 100 / 100 / 100 |
Air Force percentiles from tables C.1 to C.4, Marine and Army GT formulas from Segall (2004). The nine other Army composites use the 2004 weights of table 2.7 and are estimates: the Army may have revised them.
| Service | Composite | Subtests | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force | Mechanical (M) | AR + MC + AS + 2VE | 47 (percentile) |
| Air Force | Administrative (A) | MK + VE | 49 (percentile) |
| Air Force | General (G) | AR + VE | 49 (percentile) |
| Air Force | Electrical (E) | GS + AR + MK + EI | 50 (percentile) |
| Marine Corps | GT, General Technical | AR + MC + VE | 100 |
| Marine Corps | MM, Mechanical Maintenance | AR + MC + EI + AS | 100 |
| Marine Corps | EL, Electronics Repair | GS + AR + MK + EI | 100 |
| Marine Corps | CL, Clerical | MK + VE | 100 |
| Army | GT, General Technical | AR + VE | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | CL, Clerical | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | CO, Combat | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | EL, Electronics | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | FA, Field Artillery | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | GM, General Maintenance | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | MM, Mechanical Maintenance | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | OF, Operators and Food | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | SC, Surveillance and Communications | weighted | 100 |
| Army (estimate) | ST, Skilled Technical | weighted | 100 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · official sources read on October 22, 2026 · published formulas and tables
Line scores, or composites, are the scores that place you in a job, while the AFQT only decides whether you can enlist. Each service builds its own from the subtests. The Air Force adds standard scores into four sums, Mechanical, Administrative, General and Electrical, and converts each into a percentile with its own 1997 table. The Marine Corps and the Army put their composites on a scale with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 20: the Army GT is 1.074292 times AR plus VE, minus 7.443781, rounded, so 50 and 50 give 100 and 55 and 55 give 111. The Navy reports plain sums of standard scores. The formulas here come from the 1997 score scale report; the nine Army composites other than GT use weights published in 2004 and are shown as estimates.
Three systems, one set of subtests
The services did not agree on a single way to combine subtests. The 1997 score scale report documents three systems. The Air Force forms unit-weighted sums, M = AR + MC + AS + 2VE, A = MK + VE, G = AR + VE, E = GS + AR + MK + EI, and reports each as the percentile of the 1997 sample at or below that sum. The Marine Corps standardizes four sums, MM = AR + MC + EI + AS, GT = AR + MC + VE, EL = GS + AR + MK + EI, CL = MK + VE, to a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 20. The Army does the same for GT, built on AR and VE, and computes nine other composites with weights that differ for each subtest. The Navy keeps raw sums. The Air Force ASVAB page lists the same subtests for each MAGE area.
| Score | All subtests at 50 | Strong technical profile |
|---|---|---|
| AFQT | 48 | 35 |
| Air Force Mechanical (percentile) | 47 | 56 |
| Air Force General (percentile) | 49 | 38 |
| Army GT | 100 | 95 |
| Army MM (estimate) | 100 | 113 |
| Marine Corps MM | 100 | 115 |
| Marine Corps GT | 100 | 103 |
Why a technical profile changes everything
The table compares an applicant with 50 on every subtest and an applicant with a technical profile: average or slightly weak in math and verbal, strong in electronics, auto and mechanics. The second has a lower AFQT, 35 against 48, yet a much higher Mechanical percentile and higher maintenance composites. For a mechanical or electrical job, the second profile is the stronger one. This is the main reason to look beyond the AFQT once you are eligible.
Air Force percentiles from the same scores
Air Force General (G) percentile
53
| Mechanical (M) = AR + MC + AS + 2VE | sum 250 → 47 |
| Administrative (A) = MK + VE | sum 102 → 52 |
| General (G) = AR + VE | sum 102 → 53 |
| Electrical (E) = GS + AR + MK + EI | sum 198 → 47 |
What each Army composite is for
The Army uses its line scores to qualify soldiers for its jobs, called MOS. GT, General Technical, is the most widely used, including for officer candidate programs; CL is clerical, CO combat, EL electronics, FA field artillery, GM general maintenance, MM mechanical maintenance, OF operators and food, SC surveillance and communications, and ST skilled technical. Each MOS lists one or two line scores with a minimum. This site does not publish MOS minimums, because the Army's current list could not be checked; ask your recruiter for the job you want and compare it with the Army line score calculator.
Marine Corps and Navy
The Marine Corps uses its four composites for its occupational fields, with MM for mechanics, EL for electronics, GT for technical and command fields and CL for administration; the Marine Corps page computes them. The Navy states each rating requirement as a sum of standard scores, for example two or four subtests added together, and the Navy page adds any combination you choose. Because these are raw sums, a Navy requirement can be checked by hand from the sheet.
Using the calculator well
Enter the standard scores exactly as printed, including AS, which on the computer version combines Auto Information and Shop Information. If you only know WK and PC, rebuild VE first with the VE calculator. Then read the composite of the job you want, not the highest one. If a composite falls a few points short, the formula tells you which subtests to work on: for the Army GT, only AR and VE count, so MK practice will not help it.