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 2024	June 2025	June 2024	June 2025	June 2024	June 2025
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,582	17,266	15,532	15,189	2,050	2,077
Civilian labor force	8,295	8,160	7,151	7,011	1,145	1,149
Participation rate	47.2	47.3	46.0	46.2	55.8	55.3
Employed	8,060	7,862	6,952	6,763	1,108	1,098
Employment-population ratio	45.8	45.5	44.8	44.5	54.0	52.9
Unemployed	236	298	199	248	37	50
Unemployment rate	2.8	3.7	2.8	3.5	3.2	4.4
Not in labor force	9,287	9,106	8,381	8,178	905	928

Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,252	5,628	4,343	4,622	909	1,005
Civilian labor force	4,163	4,390	3,507	3,650	656	740
Participation rate	79.3	78.0	80.7	79.0	72.2	73.6
Employed	4,008	4,222	3,372	3,509	636	713
Employment-population ratio	76.3	75.0	77.6	75.9	70.0	71.0
Unemployed	155	168	135	141	20	27
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.1	3.6
Not in labor force	1,089	1,238	836	973	253	265

Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,885	3,240	2,395	2,744	490	497
Civilian labor force	1,920	2,037	1,612	1,794	308	242
Participation rate	66.5	62.9	67.3	65.4	62.8	48.8
Employed	1,891	1,981	1,594	1,752	296	229
Employment-population ratio	65.5	61.1	66.6	63.9	60.4	46.1
Unemployed	29	55	18	42	12	13
Unemployment rate	1.5	2.7	1.1	2.3	3.8	5.6
Not in labor force	965	1,204	783	949	183	254

Vietnam-era and earlier wartime veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,653	4,883	5,414	4,697	239	186
Civilian labor force	697	535	675	516	22	18
Participation rate	12.3	10.9	12.5	11.0	9.1	9.9
Employed	683	503	662	489	22	14
Employment-population ratio	12.1	10.3	12.2	10.4	9.1	7.7
Unemployed	14	31	14	27	0	4
Unemployment rate	1.9	5.8	2.0	5.3	-	-
Not in labor force	4,956	4,348	4,739	4,181	217	168

Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,792	3,515	3,380	3,126	412	389
Civilian labor force	1,516	1,199	1,357	1,051	159	148
Participation rate	40.0	34.1	40.1	33.6	38.6	38.0
Employed	1,478	1,155	1,324	1,013	154	142
Employment-population ratio	39.0	32.9	39.2	32.4	37.5	36.4
Unemployed	38	44	33	38	5	6
Unemployment rate	2.5	3.7	2.4	3.6	3.0	4.1
Not in labor force	2,276	2,316	2,023	2,075	253	241

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	241,546	247,023	110,669	113,644	130,877	133,379
Civilian labor force	157,713	160,465	81,265	82,884	76,448	77,581
Participation rate	65.3	65.0	73.4	72.9	58.4	58.2
Employed	151,212	153,799	77,978	79,396	73,234	74,402
Employment-population ratio	62.6	62.3	70.5	69.9	56.0	55.8
Unemployed	6,501	6,666	3,287	3,487	3,214	3,179
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	83,833	86,558	29,404	30,760	54,429	55,798
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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