Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted

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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Total		Men		Women
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,509	17,185	15,455	15,105	2,054	2,080
Civilian labor force	8,445	8,424	7,250	7,200	1,195	1,224
Participation rate	48.2	49.0	46.9	47.7	58.2	58.8
Employed	8,215	8,204	7,072	7,037	1,143	1,167
Employment-population ratio	46.9	47.7	45.8	46.6	55.6	56.1
Unemployed	230	219	178	163	52	56
Unemployment rate	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.3	4.3	4.6
Not in labor force	9,064	8,761	8,205	7,905	859	856

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,300	5,575	4,333	4,561	967	1,013
Civilian labor force	4,217	4,363	3,517	3,663	700	700
Participation rate	79.6	78.3	81.2	80.3	72.3	69.1
Employed	4,110	4,259	3,435	3,587	675	671
Employment-population ratio	77.5	76.4	79.3	78.6	69.7	66.3
Unemployed	107	104	82	76	25	29
Unemployment rate	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1	3.6	4.1
Not in labor force	1,083	1,212	815	899	268	313

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,875	3,324	2,435	2,829	440	496
Civilian labor force	1,943	2,225	1,666	1,885	277	340
Participation rate	67.6	66.9	68.4	66.6	63.1	68.6
Employed	1,888	2,179	1,628	1,856	259	322
Employment-population ratio	65.7	65.5	66.9	65.6	58.9	65.1
Unemployed	55	46	37	29	18	18
Unemployment rate	2.8	2.1	2.2	1.5	6.5	5.2
Not in labor force	932	1,099	770	944	162	156

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,577	4,805	5,340	4,621	237	184
Civilian labor force	704	527	673	501	31	26
Participation rate	12.6	11.0	12.6	10.8	13.2	14.1
Employed	686	516	656	490	30	26
Employment-population ratio	12.3	10.7	12.3	10.6	12.7	14.1
Unemployed	18	11	17	11	1	0
Unemployment rate	2.6	2.1	2.5	2.2	-	-
Not in labor force	4,873	4,278	4,667	4,120	206	158

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,757	3,481	3,347	3,094	410	387
Civilian labor force	1,580	1,309	1,394	1,152	186	157
Participation rate	42.1	37.6	41.7	37.2	45.4	40.7
Employed	1,531	1,251	1,352	1,104	179	148
Employment-population ratio	40.8	35.9	40.4	35.7	43.7	38.1
Unemployed	49	58	42	48	7	10
Unemployment rate	3.1	4.4	3.0	4.2	3.7	6.3
Not in labor force	2,177	2,172	1,953	1,942	224	230

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	242,028	247,344	110,883	113,757	131,145	133,588
Civilian labor force	157,579	160,310	80,719	82,266	76,860	78,045
Participation rate	65.1	64.8	72.8	72.3	58.6	58.4
Employed	151,614	153,527	77,630	78,832	73,985	74,695
Employment-population ratio	62.6	62.1	70.0	69.3	56.4	55.9
Unemployed	5,965	6,783	3,089	3,434	2,876	3,349
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.2	3.8	4.2	3.7	4.3
Not in labor force	84,449	87,034	30,165	31,491	54,285	55,543
NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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