Table 8. Employed people 18 years and over by veteran status, presence of service-connected disability, period of service, and class of worker, August 2024, not seasonally adjusted

Table 8. Employed people 18 years and over by veteran status, presence of service-connected disability, period of service, and class of worker, August 2024, not seasonally adjusted
Veteran status, presence of disability, and period of service	Total Employed (thousands)	Percent distribution by class of worker
		Total	Agriculture and related industries	Nonagricultural industries
				Total	Wage and salary workers(1)				Self- employed, unincorpo- rated, and unpaid family workers
					Private sector	Government
					Private sector	Total	Federal	State and local
Veterans, total(2)	8,043	100.0	1.1	98.9	68.0	25.5	12.4	13.1	5.4
With service-connected disability	2,656	100.0	0.9	99.1	56.8	36.5	20.5	16.0	5.8
Without service-connected disability	5,034	100.0	1.3	98.7	73.5	19.8	7.9	12.0	5.3
Gulf War era, total(2)	5,991	100.0	0.4	99.6	66.7	28.5	14.8	13.7	4.5
With service-connected disability	2,374	100.0	0.3	99.7	56.5	37.9	22.2	15.7	5.3
Without service-connected disability	3,333	100.0	0.4	99.6	74.0	21.6	9.0	12.7	4.0
Gulf War era II(2)	4,066	100.0	0.0	100.0	65.2	30.0	15.7	14.3	4.8
With service-connected disability	1,847	100.0	-	100.0	56.3	37.4	21.3	16.2	6.3
Without service-connected disability	2,037	100.0	-	100.0	73.7	22.8	10.1	12.7	3.5
Gulf War era I(2)	1,925	100.0	1.1	98.9	69.9	25.2	12.9	12.4	3.8
With service-connected disability	528	100.0	1.4	98.6	57.0	39.5	25.5	13.9	2.2
Without service-connected disability	1,295	100.0	1.1	98.9	74.4	19.8	7.1	12.7	4.7
WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam era(2)	582	100.0	9.6	90.4	60.6	14.4	4.0	10.3	15.5
With service-connected disability	98	100.0	16.1	83.9	54.1	19.8	4.3	15.5	10.1
Without service-connected disability	478	100.0	8.4	91.6	61.5	13.4	4.0	9.4	16.7
Other service periods(2)	1,470	100.0	0.9	99.1	76.2	18.0	6.1	11.9	4.9
With service-connected disability	184	100.0	0.2	99.8	63.1	27.6	6.7	20.8	9.1
Without service-connected disability	1,223	100.0	1.0	99.0	77.1	17.5	6.4	11.1	4.4
Nonveterans	151,100	100.0	1.5	98.5	80.1	12.4	2.1	10.3	6.0
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Includes veterans who did not report presence of disability.
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. 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 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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