{"id":61747,"date":"2021-03-05T14:38:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/05\/veterans-unemployment-remains-flat-as-pandemic-enters-its-second-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:06:37","slug":"veterans-unemployment-remains-flat-as-pandemic-enters-its-second-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2021\/03\/05\/veterans-unemployment-remains-flat-as-pandemic-enters-its-second-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment remains flat as pandemic enters its second year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The veterans unemployment rate across the country remained mostly unchanged for the third consecutive month as the nation enters its second year of pandemic with a significantly worse jobs situation than before the arrival of coronavirus in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unemployment rate for all veterans in February was 5.5 percent, the same as in January, Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> officials reported Friday. Among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars era, the figure was 5.9 percent, down slightly from 6.3 percent in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figures equate to about 500,000 veterans across the country actively looking for jobs but unable to find stable employment. Only about half of all American veterans are in the U.S. workforce today, with the rest opting out because of age or injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\t