{"id":125334,"date":"2023-02-03T15:47:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/03\/vets-unemployment-improves-national-jobless-rate-lowest-since-1969\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:47:37","slug":"vets-unemployment-improves-national-jobless-rate-lowest-since-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2023\/02\/03\/vets-unemployment-improves-national-jobless-rate-lowest-since-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets unemployment improves, national jobless rate lowest since 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/12\/02\/veterans-unemployment-rose-slightly-last-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">veterans unemployment rate<\/a> in January fell below 3% for the 10th time in the last 11 months amid more positive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2022\/12\/18\/this-new-program-teaches-veterans-how-to-become-entrepreneurs\/\" target=\"_blank\">jobs news <\/a>for workers across America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to estimates released Friday by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.t05.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>, the unemployment rate last month among all veterans across the nation was 2.8%. That\u2019s down from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2023\/01\/06\/veterans-unemployment-up-slightly-in-december-despite-overall-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\">3.2% in December<\/a>, and continues a yearlong streak of positive employment news for former military members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before last year, that unemployment estimate had not been below 3% for two consecutive months since May 2019. But BLS officials said their surveys showed significant success among veterans in finding steady work throughout 2022, sending the jobless rate below that mark for nine consecutive months before the streak was snapped in December.<\/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\/01\/06\/veterans-unemployment-up-slightly-in-december-despite-overall-gains\/\" 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\/AP22361843093395.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\">Veterans unemployment up slightly in December, despite overall gains<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 280,000 veterans were unable to find steady employment last month.<\/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\">Outside economic experts have cautioned against overanalyzing a single month\u2019s jobs report, saying that varied sample sizes for subgroups such as veterans can result in some volatility with the estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unemployment rate for veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars era, for example, jumped from 3% in December to 3.8% in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLS officials noticed a similar sharp jump in the youngest group of working-age veterans following surveys in January 2022. That was also the only month last year that the Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans unemployment rate topped the national average, suggesting that job prospects still remain stable for that group.<\/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\/01\/26\/new-va-initative-helped-house-more-than-40k-vets-last-year\/\" 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=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_644428908864-1.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\">New VA initiative helped house more than 40K vets last year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Department officials had set a goal of housing at least 38,000 veterans in need in 2022. 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