{"id":58551,"date":"2020-07-02T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/02\/veterans-unemployment-saw-another-small-improvement-in-june\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:24:42","slug":"veterans-unemployment-saw-another-small-improvement-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/education-transition\/2020\/07\/02\/veterans-unemployment-saw-another-small-improvement-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment saw another small improvement in June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.t05.htm\" target=_blank>unemployment rate among veterans<\/a> fell for the second consecutive month in June but still sits at more than double the number of jobless veterans reported in March, according to data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 30,000 fewer veterans applied for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2020\/05\/08\/veteran-unemployment-up-to-nearly-12-percent-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/\" target=_blank>unemployment benefits<\/a> last month as compared to May, pushing the jobless rate from 9 percent to 8.6 percent. That figure translates into about 776,00 veterans nationwide struggling to find work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, before<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank> the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> forced the closure of businesses across the country, the veterans unemployment rate was 4.1 percent. It has been as low as 2.3 percent in recent years, routinely outpacing the national unemployment rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/05\/08\/veteran-unemployment-up-to-nearly-12-percent-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20128747638099.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veteran unemployment up to nearly 12 percent amid coronavirus crisis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 1 million veterans reported being jobless in April as the national unemployment rate 14.7 percent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLS officials announced that the national rate decreased from 13.3 percent in May to 11.1 percent in June, still nearly three times higher than the rate seen at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Younger veterans did not see the same positive employment trend last month as their older peers, according to Department of Labor researchers. The jobless rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan War era group held steady at 10.3 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That group represents about 40 percent of all veterans in the American workforce today. Veterans of the first Gulf War era \u2014 who make up about a quarter of all working veterans \u2014 had a jobless rate of just 6 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/06\/04\/vets-who-lost-jobs-due-to-coronavirus-could-be-eligible-for-new-job-training\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20128747638099.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Vets who lost jobs due to coronavirus could be eligible for new job training<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A congressional proposal would create 12 months of training funding for individuals who were left jobless because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boosting veteran employment has been a priority for lawmakers in recent years. However, employment experts have said that most of the recent troubles with veterans employment are tied to the country\u2019s overall economic downturn, and can\u2019t be fully reversed until those underlying national problems are addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large portion of the improvement in the national unemployment rate came from workers who had been temporarily laid off from their jobs because of the fast-spreading illness. BLS officials said that total dropped by 4.8 million people in June alone, and now sits at about 10.6 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unemployment rate for all veterans fell to 8.6 percent last month, according to federal 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