ASVAB GT Score
General Technical
What GT Measures
GT is the single most important line score for Army and Marine Corps careers. It measures your ability to understand written information and solve arithmetic problems — the core skills behind most technical and leadership roles. A high GT score signals to the military that you can process instructions quickly, adapt to new information, and handle the cognitive demands of demanding MOS.
Verbal Expression (VE = WK + PC) tests your vocabulary and reading comprehension. Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) tests your ability to solve real-world math problems stated in words. Together they predict success in training programs, schools, and jobs that require learning complex systems quickly.
Score Benchmarks
Jobs That Require GT
13 MOS in our database require a GT score. Listed highest-to-lowest requirement.
How to Improve Your GT Score
Subtests ranked by impact on your GT score. Improving the top-ranked subtest first maximizes cross-composite benefit.
WK feeds VE which feeds GT. Every point you gain in WK also improves CL, G, SC, A, and any other score that uses VE.
Same multiplier as WK. Read more dense text — instructions, regulations, anything that requires active comprehension.
Word problems that require one or two steps of arithmetic. Slower and more deliberate than MK — read twice, solve once.