Army Sergeant and Staff Sergeant Promotion Requirements

Army Sergeant and Staff Sergeant Promotion RequirementsArmy Sergeant and Staff Sergeant Promotion RequirementsIn the U.S. Army, typically a soldiers time in service the time he or she started boot camp to the present and the performance of that soldier will determine the vorrcken status of a military member.Special performance can earn an early vorrcken in exceptional soldiers, while poor performance may stall a aufsteigen to the next higher rank. Sergeant Requirements The time-in-service requirement for attaining eligibility for promotion to sergeant (SGT) is 36 months Active Federal Service for the primary zone and 18 months for the secondary zone. (Note The secondary zone is a Below-the-Zone Promotion Program. Commanders can select highly qualified enlisted personnel for early promotion consideration. This is known as Secondary Zone Promotion). The time-in-grade requirement for attaining eligibility for promotion to SGT is eight months as a corporal or specialist (CPL/SPC), waiverable to four months for those recommended in the secondary zone. Soldiers in the secondary zone may be boarded with 16 months time-in-service and four months time-in-grade as of the first day of the board month. Staff Sergeant Requirements The time-in-service requirement for attaining eligibility for promotion to staff sergeant (SSG) is 84 months Active Federal Service for the primary zone and 48 months for the secondary zone. The time-in-grade requirement for attaining eligibility for promotion to SSG is 10 months as an SGT, waiverable to five months for those recommended in the secondary zone. Soldiers in the secondary zone may be boarded with 46 months time-in-service and five months time-in-grade as of the first day of the board month. Other Requirements The minimum promotion point score for attaining recommended list status for promotion to SGT is 350. The minimum score for attaining recommended list status for promotion to SSG is 450. The service remaining requir ement is six months for promotion to SGT and 12 months for promotion to SSG. Soldiers competing for promotion to SSG must be graduates of the Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) prior to being recommended for promotion. Soldiers competing for promotion to SGT/SSG must possess either a high school diploma, GED equivalency, or an associate or higher degree. Promotions Each month the Department of the Army establishes the total number of soldiers to be promoted based on budgetary and strength constraints. The number of promotions is allocated by Primary MOS (job) within these constraints. Department of the Army promotion cutoff scores are announced monthly. Soldiers who meet or exceed the announced cutoff score are promoted if otherwise eligible. Army SGT/SSG Promotion Snapshot MOSRankAverage Points for Those Promoted (Primary Zone)Average Points For Those Promoted (Secondary Zone)00BSGT38050400BSSG45045002BSGT40441202BSSG71775602CSGT65865802CSSG72577502DSGT35035002DSSG736 76902ESGT75375302ESSG79079802FSGT68169702FSSG78379802GSGT58758702GSSG78879802HSGT35035002HSSG78679802JSGT35035002JSSG72475902KSGT35035002KSSG78778702LSGT66866802LSSG73977602MSGT79879802MSSG79879802NSGT35035002NSSG77177102TSGT76176102TSSG79279802USGT66166102USSG77179811BSGT40140411BSSG53854411CSGT49650511CSSG66967212BSGT42343512BSSG63564012CSGT52755112CSSG70571613BSGT40441713BSSG65065213DSGT40841213DSSG45045013FSGT35035013FSSG54257513MSGT35035013MSSG59860513PSGT45547713PSSG66771213RSGT36336313RSSG65571714ESGT47969214ESSG50454814JSGT58959114JSSG45045014RSGT35035014RSSG51951914SSGT51952414SSSG65570614TSGT57064414TSSG62462418BSGT79879818BSSG62966118CSGT79879818CSSG64166618DSGT79879818DSSG63163118ESGT79879818ESSG55460819DSGT37037419DSSG50851119KSGT35436219KSSG60362225MSGT69574725MSSG75577425RSGT70679825RSSG79879825VSGT65974725VSSG78079227DSGT58058827DSSG77078327ESGT62368327ESSG71774527MSGT45772327MSSG68079827TSGT35538427TSSG64264427XSGT79879827XSSG79679831CSGT35936531CSSG67268831FSGT4084 1331FSSG62563031LSGT36036631LSSG60660731PSGT49349731PSSG65865931RSGT35135331RSSG57460531SSGT60370031SSSG60760731USGT50951331USSG72472933WSGT36937233WSSG46046035DSGT35035035DSSG70774035ESGT79879835ESSG79879835FSGT64064535FSSG73773735HSGT66273635HSSG51051035JSGT36837235JSSG77378935LSGT70574735LSSG77477535MSGT79879835MSSG72779835NSGT66876135NSSG74577535RSGT73279835RSSG72172535YSGT35035035YSSG79879837FSGT44544537FSSG66172639BSGT45859339BSSG79879844BSGT71175944ESGT65771244ESSG79879845BSGT59375045DSGT35035045GSGT65379845KSGT35936545KSSG69774846QSGT40142546QSSG73073046RSGT48661746RSSG71672451BSGT51953151HSSG63269051KSGT35035051MSGT35035051MSSG45045051RSGT68472451TSGT70174951TSSG74075752CSGT70174152CSSG77078852DSGT66367752DSSG79779852ESGT71379852ESSG72677254BSGT35035054BSSG59261555BSGT43345155BSSG61265555DSGT49559655DSSG46746756MSGT51852356MSSG76577162BSGT61267162BSSG79579762ESGT62269662FSGT44158962HSGT45564962HSSG79179862JSGT67177162NSSG76078363ASGT45351063ASSG71372663BSGT57058063BSSG76276 263DSGT52563863DSSG62863663GSGT66074363HSGT45554063HSSG66067163JSGT59960363MSGT35235363MSSG66066463SSGT57259763WSGT62272063YSGT36236467RSGT57458367RSSG58761967SSGT53254467SSSG68270467TSGT59865167TSSG73576167USGT44353067USSG68974368BSGT65774968BSSG74274768DSGT66674968DSSG78279868FSGT66271568FSSG79379368GSGT57271568GSSG75176268HSGT57569568HSSG74878168NSGT69176168NSSG79479468SSGT79879868SSSG78379168XSGT74779868XSSG75775768YSGT35035068YSSG69269671LSGT64365571LSSG79279773CSGT67167973CSSG78778873DSGT75679873DSSG78579174BSGT50755774BSSG65766374CSGT62567374CSSG69471375BSGT63263475FSGT63266475HSGT70170775HSSG77477577FSGT59360677FSSG79679877LSGT37944877LSSG76876877WSGT57661477WSSG69276879RSGT79879879RSSG56870479SSSG75879881LSGT72179881LSSG79879881TSGT59875381TSSG69673182CSGT35035082CSSG75277282DSGT35035082DSSG65471488HSGT35637088HSSG79079088KSGT79879888KSSG76778088LSGT79879888LSSG75975988MSGT59860188MSSG76177588NSGT35335588NSSG49449491ASGT74779891ASSG76979291DSGT68172091DSSG78079191ESGT696782 91ESSG79879891GSGT78879891GSSG79779891HSGT78479891HSSG79079891JSGT70373391JSSG79679891KSGT75979891KSSG79779891MSGT54376491MSSG72175991PSGT69773791PSSG79179591QSGT66274991QSSG77678791RSGT61070891RSSG78679391SSGT72679891SSSG79679891TSGT69370291TSSG77679891VSGT60974791VSSG78879391WSGT51151791WSSG76977591XSGT67472791XSSG77478992ASGT71671792ASSG79879892GSGT44850492GSSG65165892MSGT35035092MSSG63069692RSGT60468592RSSG78979792SSGT54655492SSSG77679892YSGT35035092YSSG71071193CSGT67175893CSSG66767793FSGT35035093FSSG45045093PSGT45450893PSSG68771695BSGT41545395BSSG66567295CSGT53063895CSSG70574295DSGT69079895DSSG67870796BSGT35035096BSSG45045096DSGT35035096DSSG47848096HSGT35035096HSSG45045096RSGT52364896RSSG66271496USGT52560296USSG45045097BSGT47947997BSSG45045097ESGT**97ESSG**98CSGT35035098CSSG45045098GSGT**98GSSG**98HSGT35035098HSSG70872998JSGT35035098JSSG45045098KSGT35035098KSSG450450MOSLISTAVGAVGALLSGT549589ALLSSG689706 * Language specific MOS (97E and 98G) have announced cutoff scores by langu age identifier therefore the PZ AVG / SZ AVG columns for these MOS are indicated by asterisks. If the MOS is not listed, that means there were no promotions in that MOS/rank during the snapshot. Usually, that indicates an overmanned MOSwith little promotion opportunity. Above information courtesy of the United States Army.