Women veterans were more likely than nonveterans to work in management and professional occupations
Employed women veterans were slightly more likely than employed nonveterans to work in management, professional, and related occupations in 2013 (48 percent and 42 percent, respectively), although this was the most common occupational group for veterans and nonveterans alike. Among employed women, veterans were less likely than nonveterans to work in service occupations (15 percent versus 22 percent). Similar shares of employed women veterans and nonveterans worked in sales and office occupations; production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.