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The additions bring the total number of veterans working in the federal government to 635,266, according to an OPM news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pay for veterans in the federal government continues to lag behind non-veterans. Basic pay for veterans averaged $74,327 in 2015, versus $85,187 for non-veterans. In 2016, pay for veterans rose to $75,707, which was still less than the $86,647 for non-veterans. The average GS grade for veterans in 2015 and 2016 remained at 10.2, lower than the average GS 10.5 grade for non-veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPM has been publishing data on veteran employment since 2009, when the Obama administration\u2019s Executive Order 13518 established the Veterans Employment Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVeterans now represent approximately one-third (31.1 percent) of the total U.S. federal workforce, marking a five percentage point rise since the initiative was implemented in 2009,\u201d OPM said. \u201cThe retention rates for veterans are encouraging as well, with many agencies retaining newly hired veterans at rates near those of their non-veteran employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VEI is governed by an interagency Council on Veterans Employment, comprised of the federal government\u2019s 24 largest departments and agencies. 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