{"id":158260,"date":"2026-08-10T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/08\/10\/veterans-unemployment-stable-despite-job-market-cratering-in-july-report-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:47:24","slug":"veterans-unemployment-stable-despite-job-market-cratering-in-july-report-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2026\/08\/10\/veterans-unemployment-stable-despite-job-market-cratering-in-july-report-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment stable despite job market cratering in July, report shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A volatile month of July saw employers shed 23,000 jobs and lay off another 153,000, according to the monthly jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\">released Friday<\/a>. Amid the plunge, the unemployment rate for veterans appeared to stabilize at 4.2% despite the impact of artificial intelligence, tariffs and the war in Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 4.2% jobless rate for all veterans was up a tick from the 4.1% recorded in June, while the rate for post-9\/11 veterans dropped from 4.8% in June to 4.7% in July. The unemployment rate for women veterans, meanwhile, went up from 3.6% in June to 3.8% in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BLS report also included revised figures on the number of jobs added in June and May, which showed major downward trends. The initial May numbers showed that 129,000 jobs had been added, but that number was revised downward to 63,000. June\u2019s initial job growth number was 57,000, but that number was revised to 20,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the BLS report stated, \u201cAmong the unemployed, the number of people on temporary layoff increased by 153,000 to 921,000 in July,\u201d and the \u201cnumber of permanent job losers changed little at 1.7 million.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s BLS report came out the day after President Donald Trump declared at a Las Vegas rally that the U.S. economy was \u201cthe greatest in the history of the world,\u201d although archived BLS reports show that the U.S. economy has added a total of 542,000 jobs over the 19 months of Trump\u2019s second term, while nearly 2.7 million jobs were added in the last 19 months of the Biden administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to Friday\u2019s report, White House aides put out not-to-worry statements noting job growth in construction and manufacturing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a released statement that the \u201cTrump industrial resurgence is on schedule.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cManufacturing (which added 5,000 jobs in July) and factory construction jobs grew again in July even as government payrolls continued to significantly shrink,\u201d Desai said. \u201cUnemployment claims are at record lows.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fox Business News, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said that the end of the FIFA World Cup was a factor in the number of jobs lost. He described it as a \u201csort of rebound from all the employment we got from the World Cup, because the World Cup was ending.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hassett\u2019s comments contrasted with the analysis of other economists who have focused on the eventual long-term impact of artificial intelligence and the uncertainty over whether the chokehold on oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz can be lifted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a bleak (BLS) report,\u201d Heather Long, chief economist for the Navy Federal Credit Union, said in a phone interview with Military Times. The report shows that \u201ca lot of people are leaving the labor force,\u201d and \u201cthere\u2019s no doubt that the job market has flatlined in President Trump\u2019s second term.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s just not a dynamic jobs market,\u201d she added. \u201cTariffs and the war in Iran have caused companies to cut back\u201d on hiring. 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