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How much do military exercise planner jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 7, 2026, the average yearly pay for military exercise planner in Colorado is $69,086.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $56,800.00 and $77,800.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a military exercise planner?

A Military Exercise Planner is responsible for designing, coordinating, and executing training exercises for military units. They ensure that exercises meet strategic objectives, incorporate realistic scenarios, and enhance operational readiness. Their role involves collaborating with various military branches, analyzing past exercises, and integrating lessons learned to improve future training. They also manage logistics, timelines, and resources to ensure exercises run smoothly and effectively.

What does a military exercise planner do?

A typical day for a Military Exercise Planner involves coordinating with various military units and agencies to develop exercise scenarios, logistical plans, and training objectives. You might spend time in meetings, reviewing plans, updating schedules, and ensuring that all participants understand their roles. The role also includes monitoring exercise progress, addressing real-time issues, and conducting after-action reviews to identify lessons learned. Collaboration is frequent, requiring clear communication with leadership, support staff, and key stakeholders. This dynamic environment offers both routine planning activities and unique problem-solving challenges.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a military exercise planner?

To thrive as a Military Exercise Planner, you need a solid background in military operations, logistics, and strategic planning, often supported by a relevant degree and operational experience. Familiarity with military simulation software, joint planning systems, and certifications such as JPAS or Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) training are valuable. Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and effective communication are crucial for coordinating complex exercises and collaborating across diverse teams. These skills ensure exercises are realistic, safely executed, and aligned with mission objectives, supporting overall force readiness.

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Infographic showing various Military Exercise Planner job openings in Colorado as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 77% Full Time, 20% Part Time, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 97% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 2% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $69,086 per year, or $33.2 per hour.

Exercise Planning Analyst

Sigmatech, Inc.

Colorado Springs, CO • On-site

$120K - $135K/yr

Full-time

Posted 13 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Participate in concept development, exercise planning, and execution events supporting MD 9.

  • Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure synchronization of planning efforts, force sourcing, and resource allocation.

  • Manage and track exercise-related taskers, maintain planning documentation, and facilitate readiness validation events.

Job description

Sigmatech is seeking a well qualified Exercise Planning analyst to support the Mission Delta (MD) 9 Staff located at Schriever SFB accomplish the following:

- Actively participate in all directed concept development, exercise planning, and execution events requiring MD 9 white cell or trusted agent support

- Act as liaison between MD 9 units by documenting and tracking all action items and due-outs and executing all contractor-assigned tasks

- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders (HHQ, component commands, tactical units) to ensure synchronization of planning efforts, force sourcing, and resource allocation

- Coordinate with MD 9 unit Readiness personnel to track, report, and facilitate all unit readiness requirements IAW SPAFORGEN cycle timelines

- Maintaining the MD 9  Space Ops Duty Order tracker and provide weekly updates to unit leadership, S3/7 and any USSF/CFC/STARCOM equities

- Track and communicate the units' Guardian SPAFORGEN requirement compliance prior to force presentation

- Liaise with MD 9 units to ensure SPAFORGEN readiness generation events, taskings, and personnel support requirements are coordinated with CFC

- Provide end to end support for MD 9 Crew Readiness Validations, to include facilitating meetings, schedule venues and debrief events

- Integrate all MD 9 units' training and readiness generating events and exercises (ie STAR and SKIES, Live-Fly training scenarios and Inter-Delta Table Top)

- Create and maintain MD 9 Exercise Planning Guide and Annual Exercise Priority Memorandum

- Manage and close exercise-related taskers using TMT on NIPR and SIPR, coordinating MD 9 unit reponses and reviewing all inputs for accuracy, formatting and completeness


- Must be a US Citizen

- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Security security clearance

- Safeguards classified or sensitive bedget-reltaed information and/or files

- 8+ years of experience with military exercise planning, space operations, or space intelligence

- Experience working as an exercise controller or scenario manager

- Experience with space domain operations, such as OW, EW or SDA

- Experience developing planning artifacts, such as AARs

- Experience supporting a Combative Command or another joint command

- Knowledge of Space domain operations and their integration with other war fighting domains

Key Skills and Abilities:

- Knowledge of Joint and USSF exercise planning processes and events

- Ability to facilitate and build consensus among stakeholders with competing equities

- Skilled in written and oral communication to develop detailed plans and present complex information, analysis, and recommendations to leaders

- Ability to collect, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to support rigorous after-action analysis and reporting

- Proven ability to use the Task Management Tool (TMT)

In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this role is $120,000 to $135,000; however, Sigmatech considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, experience, education/training, key skills, location and often contractual requirements. 

EEO employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.