{"id":76316,"date":"2023-03-10T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/10\/vets-employment-improves-as-national-jobless-rate-worsens\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:14:53","slug":"vets-employment-improves-as-national-jobless-rate-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/education-transition\/2023\/03\/10\/vets-employment-improves-as-national-jobless-rate-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets employment improves as national jobless rate worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2023\/01\/06\/veterans-unemployment-up-slightly-in-december-despite-overall-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\">unemployment rate<\/a> among veterans improved last month even as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2023\/02\/03\/vets-unemployment-improves-national-jobless-rate-lowest-since-1969\/\" target=\"_blank\">national jobless rate<\/a> slightly worsened, according to data released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.nr0.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 221,000 veterans seeking full-time employment were unable to find steady work last month, an unemployment rate of 2.5%. That\u2019s down from 2.8% in February and is the lowest mark for the federal metric since last October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economists have cautioned that the monthly employment figures can be volatile because of limited sampling sizes and participation rates. However, the veterans unemployment numbers have shown a steady trend of improvement over the last two years, and have now stayed below 3.0% for 12 consecutive months.<\/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\/veterans\/2023\/02\/22\/inflation-woes-caused-major-financial-issues-for-wounded-vets-in-2022\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WWP_Nasa.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\">Inflation woes caused major financial issues for wounded vets in 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The results from the annual Wounded Warrior Project survey show continued hardship for families despite improving employment options.<\/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\">That comes in contrast to the national unemployment rate, which rose from 3.4% in January to 3.6% in February. The American economy added about 311,000 new jobs last month, but the number of individuals who had temporary positions eliminated also increased by 223,000, resulting in the slight increase in jobless figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veterans unemployment rate has consistently outperformed that of the general public in recent years. Over the last 72 months, BLS officials said, the veterans jobless estimate has been higher than the national rate only once.<\/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\/2023\/02\/05\/these-recommendations-could-help-transitioning-service-members\/\" 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\/1525308.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\">These recommendations could help transitioning service members<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The George W. 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