Table 7. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by presence of service-connected disability, reported disability rating, period of service, and sex, August 2025, not seasonally adjusted

Table 7. Employment status of veterans 18 years and over by presence of service-connected disability, reported disability rating, period of service, and sex, August 2025, not seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Presence of disability, reported disability rating, period of service, and sex	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of labor force
TOTAL VETERANS
Total	17,211	8,149	47.3	7,893	45.9	255	3.1	9,062
With service-connected disability	5,836	2,839	48.7	2,772	47.5	67	2.4	2,997
Less than 30 percent disability rating	981	461	47.0	454	46.3	7	1.6	519
30 to 50 percent disability rating	904	515	56.9	503	55.7	12	2.2	389
60 percent or higher disability rating	3,439	1,592	46.3	1,543	44.9	48	3.0	1,847
Disability rating not reported	512	271	53.0	271	53.0	-	-	240
Without service-connected disability	10,556	4,865	46.1	4,684	44.4	181	3.7	5,691
Presence of disability not reported	819	444	54.2	438	53.4	7	1.5	375
Gulf War era, total
Total	8,890	6,448	72.5	6,269	70.5	179	2.8	2,442
With service-connected disability	4,081	2,591	63.5	2,534	62.1	57	2.2	1,490
Less than 30 percent disability rating	492	333	67.7	331	67.4	1	0.4	159
30 to 50 percent disability rating	620	469	75.6	461	74.3	8	1.7	152
60 percent or higher disability rating	2,581	1,530	59.3	1,482	57.4	48	3.1	1,051
Disability rating not reported	388	260	67.0	260	67.0	-	-	128
Without service-connected disability	4,333	3,470	80.1	3,355	77.4	115	3.3	863
Presence of disability not reported	476	387	81.3	380	79.9	7	1.7	89
Gulf War era II
Total	5,652	4,409	78.0	4,290	75.9	119	2.7	1,243
With service-connected disability	2,831	2,018	71.3	1,972	69.6	46	2.3	813
Less than 30 percent disability rating	239	203	85.1	203	85.1	-	-	36
30 to 50 percent disability rating	376	326	86.8	326	86.8	-	-	50
60 percent or higher disability rating	1,971	1,275	64.7	1,229	62.4	46	3.6	696
Disability rating not reported	246	214	86.8	214	86.8	-	-	33
Without service-connected disability	2,457	2,077	84.5	2,010	81.8	66	3.2	381
Presence of disability not reported	363	314	86.5	307	84.7	7	2.2	49
Gulf War era I
Total	3,238	2,039	63.0	1,979	61.1	59	2.9	1,199
With service-connected disability	1,250	573	45.9	562	45.0	11	1.9	676
Less than 30 percent disability rating	253	130	51.2	128	50.7	1	1.1	123
30 to 50 percent disability rating	245	143	58.3	135	55.0	8	5.7	102
60 percent or higher disability rating	610	255	41.7	253	41.5	2	0.7	356
Disability rating not reported	142	46	32.6	46	32.6	-	-	95
Without service-connected disability	1,876	1,393	74.3	1,345	71.7	48	3.5	483
Presence of disability not reported	113	73	64.4	73	64.4	-	-	40
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods
Total	4,831	464	9.6	421	8.7	43	9.3	4,367
With service-connected disability	1,094	71	6.5	63	5.8	8	-	1,022
Less than 30 percent disability rating	232	30	12.7	26	11.0	4	-	203
30 to 50 percent disability rating	181	19	10.4	15	8.5	3	-	162
60 percent or higher disability rating	609	19	3.1	18	3.0	1	-	590
Disability rating not reported	71	4	-	4	-	-	-	67
Without service-connected disability	3,502	371	10.6	336	9.6	35	9.4	3,131
Presence of disability not reported	235	21	9.1	21	9.1	-	-	214
Other service periods
Total	3,490	1,237	35.4	1,203	34.5	34	2.7	2,253
With service-connected disability	661	177	26.8	175	26.4	2	1.2	484
Less than 30 percent disability rating	257	99	38.6	97	37.8	2	2.1	157
30 to 50 percent disability rating	103	27	26.7	27	26.7	-	-	75
60 percent or higher disability rating	249	43	17.2	43	17.2	-	-	206
Disability rating not reported	53	8	-	8	-	-	-	46
Without service-connected disability	2,721	1,024	37.6	992	36.5	32	3.1	1,697
Presence of disability not reported	108	36	33.5	36	33.5	-	-	72
MEN VETERANS
Total	15,132	6,952	45.9	6,760	44.7	192	2.8	8,180
With service-connected disability	5,077	2,446	48.2	2,393	47.1	52	2.1	2,631
Less than 30 percent disability rating	890	404	45.4	397	44.6	7	1.8	486
30 to 50 percent disability rating	757	432	57.1	429	56.7	3	0.8	324
60 percent or higher disability rating	2,998	1,377	45.9	1,335	44.5	42	3.0	1,621
Disability rating not reported	431	232	53.8	232	53.8	-	-	199
Without service-connected disability	9,362	4,153	44.4	4,014	42.9	140	3.4	5,208
Presence of disability not reported	694	353	50.9	353	50.9	-	-	341
Gulf War era, total
Total	7,383	5,422	73.4	5,298	71.8	123	2.3	1,961
With service-connected disability	3,443	2,224	64.6	2,182	63.4	42	1.9	1,219
Less than 30 percent disability rating	435	291	67.0	290	66.7	1	0.5	144
30 to 50 percent disability rating	507	386	76.2	386	76.2	-	-	121
60 percent or higher disability rating	2,191	1,326	60.5	1,285	58.7	41	3.1	865
Disability rating not reported	310	221	71.3	221	71.3	-	-	89
Without service-connected disability	3,568	2,892	81.1	2,811	78.8	81	2.8	676
Presence of disability not reported	372	305	82.2	305	82.2	-	-	66
Gulf War era II
Total	4,659	3,679	79.0	3,587	77.0	92	2.5	980
With service-connected disability	2,386	1,726	72.4	1,687	70.7	39	2.3	659
Less than 30 percent disability rating	205	170	83.1	170	83.1	-	-	35
30 to 50 percent disability rating	305	270	88.6	270	88.6	-	-	35
60 percent or higher disability rating	1,668	1,105	66.2	1,066	63.9	39	3.5	563
Disability rating not reported	208	181	87.1	181	87.1	-	-	27
Without service-connected disability	1,977	1,698	85.9	1,645	83.2	53	3.1	279
Presence of disability not reported	296	255	86.1	255	86.1	-	-	41
Gulf War era I
Total	2,724	1,743	64.0	1,712	62.8	31	1.8	981
With service-connected disability	1,057	498	47.1	495	46.8	3	0.6	559
Less than 30 percent disability rating	230	121	52.6	120	52.0	1	1.1	109
30 to 50 percent disability rating	202	116	57.3	116	57.3	-	-	86
60 percent or higher disability rating	523	221	42.3	219	41.9	2	0.8	302
Disability rating not reported	102	40	39.2	40	39.2	-	-	62
Without service-connected disability	1,592	1,195	75.1	1,166	73.3	28	2.4	397
Presence of disability not reported	75	50	66.9	50	66.9	-	-	25
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods
Total	4,646	446	9.6	403	8.7	43	9.7	4,200
With service-connected disability	1,064	71	6.7	63	5.9	8	-	993
Less than 30 percent disability rating	222	30	13.3	26	11.5	4	-	192
30 to 50 percent disability rating	162	19	11.5	15	9.4	3	-	144
60 percent or higher disability rating	609	19	3.1	18	3.0	1	-	590
Disability rating not reported	71	4	-	4	-	-	-	67
Without service-connected disability	3,358	358	10.7	323	9.6	35	9.8	3,000
Presence of disability not reported	224	17	7.4	17	7.4	-	-	207
Other service periods
Total	3,103	1,085	35.0	1,059	34.1	26	2.4	2,018
With service-connected disability	570	150	26.4	148	26.0	2	1.4	419
Less than 30 percent disability rating	234	83	35.7	81	34.8	2	2.5	150
30 to 50 percent disability rating	87	27	31.4	27	31.4	-	-	60
60 percent or higher disability rating	198	32	16.2	32	16.2	-	-	166
Disability rating not reported	51	8	-	8	-	-	-	43
Without service-connected disability	2,435	903	37.1	880	36.1	24	2.6	1,532
Presence of disability not reported	98	31	31.6	31	31.6	-	-	67
WOMEN VETERANS
Total	2,079	1,197	57.6	1,133	54.5	63	5.3	882
With service-connected disability	759	394	51.9	378	49.9	15	3.8	365
Less than 30 percent disability rating	90	57	63.3	57	63.3	-	-	33
30 to 50 percent disability rating	147	83	56.0	74	50.5	8	9.8	65
60 percent or higher disability rating	441	215	48.7	208	47.1	7	3.2	226
Disability rating not reported	80	39	48.6	39	48.6	-	-	41
Without service-connected disability	1,195	712	59.6	670	56.1	42	5.8	483
Presence of disability not reported	126	91	72.8	85	67.4	7	7.4	34
Gulf War era, total
Total	1,507	1,026	68.1	971	64.4	55	5.4	481
With service-connected disability	638	367	57.5	352	55.2	15	4.1	271
Without service-connected disability	765	578	75.5	544	71.1	33	5.8	187
Presence of disability not reported	104	81	78.2	75	71.7	7	8.3	23
Gulf War era II
Total	993	730	73.5	703	70.8	27	3.7	263
With service-connected disability	446	292	65.4	285	63.9	7	2.4	154
Without service-connected disability	481	379	78.9	366	76.1	14	3.6	101
Presence of disability not reported	67	59	-	52	-	7	-	8
Gulf War era I
Total	514	296	57.6	268	52.1	28	9.5	218
With service-connected disability	192	75	39.1	67	34.9	8	10.8	117
Without service-connected disability	284	198	69.8	178	62.8	20	10.1	86
Presence of disability not reported	37	22	-	22	-	-	-	15
Vietnam era and earlier wartime periods
Total	185	18	9.8	18	9.8	-	-	167
With service-connected disability	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
Without service-connected disability	144	13	9.3	13	9.3	-	-	131
Presence of disability not reported	11	5	-	5	-	-	-	7
Other service periods
Total	387	153	39.4	144	37.3	8	5.3	234
With service-connected disability	91	27	29.1	27	29.1	-	-	65
Without service-connected disability	286	121	42.3	113	39.4	8	6.7	165
Presence of disability not reported	10	5	-	5	-	-	-	5
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. 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 are counted in only one period of service, their most recent wartime period. Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified in the most recent one. Veterans who served in both a wartime period and any other service period are classified in the wartime period. A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service. The associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." More information appears in the Technical Note of this release. 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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