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Employment Situation of Veterans Summary Table A. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, 2024-2025 annual averages

Table A. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, 2024-2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Veteran status and period of service 2024 2025
Total Men Women Total Men Women

TOTAL VETERANS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 17,569 15,519 2,050 17,260 15,184 2,077

Civilian labor force

 8,440 7,266 1,174 8,336 7,133 1,202

Participation rate

 48.0 46.8 57.3 48.3 47.0 57.9

Employed

 8,190 7,058 1,133 8,042 6,895 1,147

Employment-population ratio

 46.6 45.5 55.3 46.6 45.4 55.2

Unemployed

 250 208 42 294 238 56

Unemployment rate

 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.3 4.6

Not in labor force

 9,129 8,253 876 8,925 8,050 874

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population

 5,293 4,337 956 5,610 4,599 1,012

Civilian labor force

 4,200 3,507 693 4,381 3,646 735

Participation rate

 79.3 80.9 72.5 78.1 79.3 72.6

Employed

 4,064 3,397 668 4,221 3,522 699

Employment-population ratio

 76.8 78.3 69.8 75.2 76.6 69.1

Unemployed

 136 110 26 159 124 35

Unemployment rate

 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.4 4.8

Not in labor force

 1,093 830 263 1,230 953 277

NONVETERANS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 241,698 110,721 130,977 246,936 113,495 133,442

Civilian labor force

 157,250 80,544 76,706 160,131 82,244 77,887

Participation rate

 65.1 72.7 58.6 64.8 72.5 58.4

Employed

 151,053 77,258 73,796 153,469 78,716 74,753

Employment-population ratio

 62.5 69.8 56.3 62.1 69.4 56.0

Unemployed

 6,196 3,286 2,910 6,662 3,529 3,134

Unemployment rate

 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.0

Not in labor force

 84,449 30,177 54,271 86,805 31,250 55,555

NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Gulf War-era II veterans served on active duty anywhere in the world sometime since September 2001. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Effective with data for January 2023, estimates for veterans incorporate population controls derived from an updated Department of Veterans Affairs population model. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.
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Last Modified Date: April 28, 2026