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 2023, 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 2023, 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	17,879	8,603	48.1	8,268	46.2	335	3.9	9,276
With service-connected disability	5,278	2,632	49.9	2,475	46.9	157	6.0	2,646
Less than 30 percent disability rating	1,054	594	56.3	541	51.3	53	8.9	460
30 to 50 percent disability rating	917	500	54.6	481	52.4	19	3.9	417
60 percent or higher disability rating	2,940	1,362	46.3	1,284	43.7	77	5.7	1,578
Disability rating not reported	367	176	48.1	169	46.0	8	4.3	190
Without service-connected disability	11,742	5,563	47.4	5,390	45.9	173	3.1	6,180
Presence of disability not reported	859	408	47.5	403	46.9	5	1.2	451
Gulf War era, total
Total	8,018	6,174	77.0	5,922	73.9	252	4.1	1,844
With service-connected disability	3,269	2,266	69.3	2,126	65.0	140	6.2	1,003
Less than 30 percent disability rating	530	424	80.0	383	72.2	41	9.7	106
30 to 50 percent disability rating	537	435	81.0	415	77.4	19	4.5	102
60 percent or higher disability rating	2,000	1,268	63.4	1,196	59.8	72	5.7	732
Disability rating not reported	202	139	68.9	132	65.1	8	5.4	63
Without service-connected disability	4,352	3,623	83.2	3,516	80.8	106	2.9	730
Presence of disability not reported	397	285	71.8	280	70.5	5	1.8	112
Gulf War era II
Total	5,106	4,076	79.8	3,881	76.0	196	4.8	1,030
With service-connected disability	2,362	1,724	73.0	1,614	68.3	110	6.4	638
Less than 30 percent disability rating	282	235	83.0	224	79.1	11	4.7	48
30 to 50 percent disability rating	387	330	85.1	310	80.1	19	5.9	58
60 percent or higher disability rating	1,544	1,048	67.9	976	63.2	72	6.9	496
Disability rating not reported	148	112	75.5	104	70.4	8	6.7	36
Without service-connected disability	2,459	2,135	86.8	2,049	83.3	86	4.0	324
Presence of disability not reported	285	218	76.3	218	76.3	-	-	68
Gulf War era I
Total	2,912	2,097	72.0	2,041	70.1	56	2.7	814
With service-connected disability	907	543	59.8	512	56.5	30	5.6	365
Less than 30 percent disability rating	247	190	76.6	159	64.3	30	16.0	58
30 to 50 percent disability rating	149	105	70.4	105	70.4	-	-	44
60 percent or higher disability rating	457	221	48.3	221	48.3	-	-	236
Disability rating not reported	54	27	-	27	-	-	-	27
Without service-connected disability	1,893	1,487	78.6	1,467	77.5	21	1.4	405
Presence of disability not reported	112	67	60.1	62	55.5	5	-	45
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total	5,941	737	12.4	709	11.9	29	3.9	5,204
With service-connected disability	1,423	151	10.6	146	10.3	5	3.6	1,271
Less than 30 percent disability rating	338	68	20.0	68	20.0	-	-	270
30 to 50 percent disability rating	280	30	10.6	30	10.6	-	-	250
60 percent or higher disability rating	721	41	5.6	35	4.9	5	-	680
Disability rating not reported	84	14	16.2	14	16.2	-	-	70
Without service-connected disability	4,248	563	13.3	540	12.7	23	4.1	3,685
Presence of disability not reported	270	23	8.4	23	8.4	-	-	247
Other service periods
Total	3,920	1,692	43.2	1,637	41.8	55	3.3	2,228
With service-connected disability	586	215	36.6	203	34.6	12	5.5	372
Less than 30 percent disability rating	187	102	54.9	91	48.6	12	11.5	84
30 to 50 percent disability rating	100	36	35.8	36	35.8	-	-	64
60 percent or higher disability rating	219	53	24.1	53	24.1	-	-	166
Disability rating not reported	81	24	29.2	24	29.2	-	-	57
Without service-connected disability	3,142	1,377	43.8	1,334	42.5	43	3.1	1,765
Presence of disability not reported	192	100	52.3	100	52.3	-	-	91
MEN VETERANS
Total	15,836	7,491	47.3	7,221	45.6	270	3.6	8,345
With service-connected disability	4,586	2,217	48.3	2,111	46.0	106	4.8	2,369
Less than 30 percent disability rating	952	529	55.6	485	51.0	43	8.2	423
30 to 50 percent disability rating	803	420	52.3	401	49.9	19	4.6	383
60 percent or higher disability rating	2,507	1,116	44.5	1,080	43.1	36	3.2	1,391
Disability rating not reported	325	152	47.0	145	44.6	8	5.0	172
Without service-connected disability	10,473	4,904	46.8	4,745	45.3	159	3.2	5,569
Presence of disability not reported	777	371	47.7	366	47.1	5	1.4	406
Gulf War era, total
Total	6,646	5,244	78.9	5,048	76.0	196	3.7	1,402
With service-connected disability	2,678	1,888	70.5	1,796	67.1	92	4.9	791
Less than 30 percent disability rating	441	366	82.9	331	75.1	34	9.4	75
30 to 50 percent disability rating	446	361	81.0	342	76.6	19	5.4	85
60 percent or higher disability rating	1,607	1,034	64.4	1,004	62.5	30	2.9	573
Disability rating not reported	184	127	68.9	119	64.8	8	6.0	57
Without service-connected disability	3,628	3,103	85.5	3,004	82.8	99	3.2	525
Presence of disability not reported	340	253	74.6	248	73.1	5	2.0	86
Gulf War era II
Total	4,172	3,435	82.3	3,281	78.6	154	4.5	737
With service-connected disability	1,894	1,400	73.9	1,331	70.3	68	4.9	495
Less than 30 percent disability rating	234	201	85.9	190	81.2	11	5.5	33
30 to 50 percent disability rating	314	273	87.1	254	80.9	19	7.1	40
60 percent or higher disability rating	1,211	826	68.2	796	65.7	30	3.7	385
Disability rating not reported	136	100	73.2	92	67.7	8	7.6	36
Without service-connected disability	2,037	1,841	90.4	1,755	86.1	86	4.7	197
Presence of disability not reported	241	195	81.0	195	81.0	-	-	46
Gulf War era I
Total	2,474	1,809	73.1	1,767	71.4	42	2.3	665
With service-connected disability	784	488	62.3	465	59.3	23	4.8	296
Less than 30 percent disability rating	207	165	79.5	142	68.3	23	14.1	42
30 to 50 percent disability rating	132	88	66.5	88	66.5	-	-	44
60 percent or higher disability rating	396	208	52.5	208	52.5	-	-	188
Disability rating not reported	48	27	-	27	-	-	-	21
Without service-connected disability	1,591	1,262	79.4	1,249	78.5	14	1.1	328
Presence of disability not reported	99	58	59.0	53	53.9	5	-	41
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total	5,689	715	12.6	686	12.1	29	4.0	4,974
With service-connected disability	1,392	147	10.6	142	10.2	5	3.7	1,245
Less than 30 percent disability rating	326	63	19.4	63	19.4	-	-	263
30 to 50 percent disability rating	278	30	10.7	30	10.7	-	-	248
60 percent or higher disability rating	711	41	5.7	35	5.0	5	-	670
Disability rating not reported	77	14	17.5	14	17.5	-	-	64
Without service-connected disability	4,036	545	13.5	521	12.9	23	4.3	3,491
Presence of disability not reported	261	23	8.7	23	8.7	-	-	238
Other service periods
Total	3,501	1,532	43.8	1,487	42.5	45	3.0	1,969
With service-connected disability	516	182	35.3	173	33.5	9	5.1	334
Less than 30 percent disability rating	184	100	54.3	91	49.2	9	9.3	84
30 to 50 percent disability rating	79	29	36.9	29	36.9	-	-	50
60 percent or higher disability rating	189	41	21.6	41	21.6	-	-	148
Disability rating not reported	63	12	-	12	-	-	-	51
Without service-connected disability	2,809	1,256	44.7	1,220	43.4	36	2.9	1,553
Presence of disability not reported	177	95	53.5	95	53.5	-	-	82
WOMEN VETERANS
Total	2,043	1,112	54.4	1,046	51.2	65	5.9	931
With service-connected disability	692	415	60.1	364	52.7	51	12.3	276
Less than 30 percent disability rating	103	65	63.5	56	54.1	10	-	38
30 to 50 percent disability rating	114	80	70.5	80	70.5	-	-	34
60 percent or higher disability rating	433	246	56.9	204	47.3	42	16.9	187
Disability rating not reported	42	24	-	24	-	-	-	18
Without service-connected disability	1,270	659	51.9	645	50.8	14	2.1	611
Presence of disability not reported	82	37	45.4	37	45.4	-	-	45
Gulf War era, total
Total	1,372	929	67.7	874	63.7	56	6.0	443
With service-connected disability	591	379	64.1	330	55.9	49	12.9	212
Without service-connected disability	724	519	71.7	512	70.8	7	1.4	205
Presence of disability not reported	57	31	-	31	-	-	-	26
Gulf War era II
Total	934	641	68.7	600	64.2	42	6.5	293
With service-connected disability	467	324	69.4	283	60.5	42	12.8	143
Without service-connected disability	422	294	69.7	294	69.7	-	-	128
Presence of disability not reported	44	23	-	23	-	-	-	22
Gulf War era I
Total	438	288	65.8	274	62.6	14	4.9	150
With service-connected disability	123	55	44.2	47	38.4	7	-	69
Without service-connected disability	302	225	74.5	218	72.2	7	3.1	77
Presence of disability not reported	13	9	-	9	-	-	-	4
WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam era
Total	252	23	9.0	23	9.0	-	-	229
With service-connected disability	30	4	-	4	-	-	-	26
Without service-connected disability	212	18	8.6	18	8.6	-	-	194
Presence of disability not reported	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Other service periods
Total	419	160	38.1	150	35.8	10	6.0	259
With service-connected disability	70	33	-	30	-	3	-	38
Without service-connected disability	334	122	36.4	115	34.3	7	5.8	212
Presence of disability not reported	15	6	-	6	-	-	-	9
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 news 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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