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	June 2025	June 2026	June 2025	June 2026	June 2025	June 2026
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,266	16,939	15,189	14,852	2,077	2,087
Civilian labor force	8,160	8,183	7,011	6,995	1,149	1,188
Participation rate	47.3	48.3	46.2	47.1	55.3	56.9
Employed	7,862	7,848	6,763	6,703	1,098	1,145
Employment-population ratio	45.5	46.3	44.5	45.1	52.9	54.9
Unemployed	298	335	248	292	50	43
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.1	3.5	4.2	4.4	3.6
Not in labor force	9,106	8,756	8,178	7,857	928	899

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,628	5,759	4,622	4,723	1,005	1,036
Civilian labor force	4,390	4,444	3,650	3,727	740	717
Participation rate	78.0	77.2	79.0	78.9	73.6	69.3
Employed	4,222	4,231	3,509	3,540	713	691
Employment-population ratio	75.0	73.5	75.9	75.0	71.0	66.7
Unemployed	168	213	141	187	27	26
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.8	3.9	5.0	3.6	3.7
Not in labor force	1,238	1,314	973	996	265	318

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,240	3,234	2,744	2,740	497	494
Civilian labor force	2,037	2,119	1,794	1,812	242	307
Participation rate	62.9	65.5	65.4	66.1	48.8	62.2
Employed	1,981	2,043	1,752	1,752	229	291
Employment-population ratio	61.1	63.2	63.9	64.0	46.1	58.8
Unemployed	55	76	42	59	13	17
Unemployment rate	2.7	3.6	2.3	3.3	5.6	5.4
Not in labor force	1,204	1,115	949	928	254	187

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,883	4,573	4,697	4,397	186	176
Civilian labor force	535	504	516	489	18	15
Participation rate	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	9.9	8.6
Employed	503	492	489	477	14	15
Employment-population ratio	10.3	10.8	10.4	10.8	7.7	8.6
Unemployed	31	12	27	12	4	0
Unemployment rate	5.8	2.5	5.3	2.5	-	-
Not in labor force	4,348	4,069	4,181	3,908	168	161

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,515	3,373	3,126	2,992	389	381
Civilian labor force	1,199	1,115	1,051	967	148	148
Participation rate	34.1	33.1	33.6	32.3	38.0	39.0
Employed	1,155	1,082	1,013	933	142	148
Employment-population ratio	32.9	32.1	32.4	31.2	36.4	39.0
Unemployed	44	33	38	33	6	0
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.0	3.6	3.5	4.1	0.0
Not in labor force	2,316	2,258	2,075	2,025	241	233

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	247,023	249,276	113,644	113,317	133,379	135,959
Civilian labor force	160,465	159,323	82,884	81,132	77,581	78,191
Participation rate	65.0	63.9	72.9	71.6	58.2	57.5
Employed	153,799	152,777	79,396	77,805	74,402	74,973
Employment-population ratio	62.3	61.3	69.9	68.7	55.8	55.1
Unemployed	6,666	6,546	3,487	3,328	3,179	3,218
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	86,558	89,952	30,760	32,184	55,798	57,768
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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