{"id":73964,"date":"2023-01-06T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/06\/veterans-unemployment-up-slightly-in-december-despite-overall-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:22:37","slug":"veterans-unemployment-up-slightly-in-december-despite-overall-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/education-transition\/2023\/01\/06\/veterans-unemployment-up-slightly-in-december-despite-overall-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment up slightly in December, despite overall gains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans unemployment rose in December to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/12\/02\/veterans-unemployment-rose-slightly-last-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">highest rate in nearly a year<\/a> despite positive jobs news for the American economy as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But despite last month\u2019s increase, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.nr0.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Labor officials<\/a> said the total number of veterans looking for work remains at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/11\/04\/young-vets-in-the-civilian-workforce-reached-a-new-high-in-october\/\" target=\"_blank\">historic lows<\/a>, with fewer than 300,000 veterans receiving jobless benefits for the 11th consecutive month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veterans unemployment rate hit 3.2% in December, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That\u2019s up from 2.8% in November and only the third time since the start of 2022 that the mark topped 3.0%.<\/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\/2022\/12\/18\/this-new-program-teaches-veterans-how-to-become-entrepreneurs\/\" 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=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2084962.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\">This new program teaches veterans how to become entrepreneurs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The William &amp; Mary Veteran Entrepreneur Scholars program is taught boot camp style \u2014 with the aim of helping veterans start their own businesses.<\/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\">Before that, the veterans unemployment rate had not been below 3.0% since 2019. Last year saw nine consecutive months of veterans jobless rates below that mark, the longest such stretch since BLS began tracking veterans unemployment in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 3.2% unemployment rate for veterans last month was also still below the national unemployment rate of 3.5%, which was down from 3.7% in November. Officials said the economy added 223,000 jobs in December, a lower figure than previous months but still positive news for job-seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 18.2 million veterans are living in America today, with roughly half of that population of working age and without any significant disabilities that would prevent them from full-time employment.<\/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\/2022\/11\/20\/army-veteran-finds-his-true-calling-as-a-teacher\/\" 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=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22322777368575.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\">Army veteran finds his true calling as a teacher<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Christopher Simmons credits the Army with helping him become a better teacher.<\/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\">Of that group, nearly 60% are veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars era. The unemployment rate for those younger veterans alone in December was 3.0%, slightly better than the overall veterans rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 3.2% unemployment rate translates into about 280,000 veterans unable to find steady employment last month. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, that number topped 1 million individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress has made military transition programs and veterans job assistance efforts a priority in recent years, and recent presidential administrations have worked to promote veterans as reliable, skilled workers that private businesses would recruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement after the jobs report release, President Joe Biden called the estimates \u201cgreat news for our economy\u201d and evidence that his administration\u2019s economic plans are working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have just finished the two strongest years of job growth in history,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we are seeing a transition to steady and stable growth that I have been talking about for months. We still have work to do to bring down inflation, and help American families feeling the cost-of-living squeeze. 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