Navy ASVAB Score Chart (2026): Required Line Scores for All 79 Navy Jobs

Every Navy enlisted job needs an AFQT of 31 to 35 to qualify, then a line-score composite that ranges from CS (VE+AR=76) at the low end up to 255 for Cryptologic Technician Networks and Cyber Warfare Technician. The chart below lists the required ASVAB line score for all 79 Navy ratings, sortable by score, community, or AFQT.

Your recruiter hands you a list of ratings, and unless you already know what an Aviation Boatswain's Mate does versus a Cryptologic Technician, that list is useless. This page turns it into one scannable Navy ASVAB score chart so you can see what you qualify for today, what is one study block away, and which subtests buy you the most ratings.

Navy ASVAB Score Chart: All 79 Ratings and Required Line Scores

Every row comes from the same dataset the Navy ASVAB score calculator scores against, so the numbers here match what your recruiter computes. Sort by required line score to find the lowest-barrier ratings, or by community to compare jobs in the same field. Where two formulas are joined by "or" you only need to hit one; joined by a dot, all are required.

How Navy ASVAB Scoring Works: AFQT vs Line Scores

A Cryptologic Technician Networks job needs a line score of 255. The maximum AFQT is 99. Both numbers are real, both come from the same ASVAB, and they do different jobs.

The Navy uses a two-tier system. The AFQT is your percentile from VE+AR+MK and decides whether the Navy will take you. The line-score composite is a raw sum of standard subtest scores and decides which rating you can hold.

For 2026 the Tier I (diploma) AFQT floor is 31 on paper, but in practice the Navy ships diploma holders at 35+, so treat 35 as your working target. Tier II (GED) applicants need 50 plus 15 college credits, and the Future Sailor Preparatory Course academic track opens at 26-30. Hit the minimum and you are in. The line score determines what you do once you are in.

Standard subtest scores run roughly 20 to 80, with 50 as the population average. A composite of 222 means averaging 55-56 across four subtests. A composite of 255 means hitting close to 64 on each. The math gets steep fast.

For percentile mechanics, see the AFQT score breakdown. To preview which composites you hit, plug subtest scores into the free line score calculator.

Navy Career Communities at a Glance

The 79 ratings split into 10 communities. Use the chart above for exact numbers; the notes below explain where the score barriers cluster so you can target the right field.

• Aviation (20 ratings). The widest range on the ship. AZ (aviation maintenance admin) gets you in at VE+AR=102; the technical seats (AE, AT) sit at 222 on the same AR+MK+EI+GS composite the surface electronics rates use.
• Intelligence, crypto and cyber (7 ratings). The highest scores in the Navy. CTN and CWT top out at 255, CTM at 223. CTR is the way in at 109 if you want the community without the top composite.
• Engineering and propulsion (15 ratings). Mostly 180-218. Submarine variants (GSM, MMA, FT, MT, ETV, SECF) run higher than their surface counterparts because of the reactor and damage-control load.
• Operations and deck (10 ratings). QM and BM anchor the low end (100-163); FC, RW and STG sit at 222 with the combat-systems techs.
• Administrative and supply (12 ratings). The lowest barriers on the chart: CS at 76, RS at 83, LS at 92, YN at 99. MU is audition-gated at AFQT 31.
• Special warfare (5 ratings). SO (Navy SEAL), ND, EOD, SB and UCT. These use "or" logic: SO qualifies on GS+MC+EI=165 or VE+AR+MK+MC=220, so a strong technical profile or a strong verbal-math profile both open the door, before any physical screening.
• Construction (Seabees, 7 ratings) and medical (HM). Seabee rates (BU, EO, SW) start at 145; Hospital Corpsman sits at 156 and carries a $30,000 bonus.

PACT Undesignated Path and FY2026 Bonus Summary

If you do not qualify for any rating composite on this chart, the Navy has PACT (Professional Apprenticeship Career Track). You enlist undesignated, ship to a fleet command, and pick a rating at the 12-month mark.

If you qualify for a high-bonus rating, get it written into your contract before you ship. Bonuses are renegotiated quarterly. Below is the FY2026 stack as of April 2026.

ATF = Advanced Training Field. 5YO = Five-Year Obligation. EBSR = Enlistment Bonus Specific Rating. The MEPS contract names every component separately; totals only add up if every box is checked.

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