2019 Employment Situation of Veterans — 2020-03-19

(NOTE: Population controls used in the weighting of state data for veterans and nonveterans in tables 6A and 6B of the Employment Situation of Veterans 2019 news release were incorrect. All differences were minor and not statistically significant, and have been corrected as of April 22, 2020.) The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time since September 2001--a group referred to as Gulf War-era II veterans--was 3.5 percent in 2019, little changed from 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate for all veterans declined in 2019 to 3.1 percent. In August 2019, 41 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans had a service-connected disability, compared with 25 percent of all veterans.