{"id":67649,"date":"2020-11-06T14:25:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/06\/veterans-employment-rates-improve-again-in-october\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:29:14","slug":"veterans-employment-rates-improve-again-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2020\/11\/06\/veterans-employment-rates-improve-again-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans employment rates improve again in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2020\/05\/08\/veteran-unemployment-up-to-nearly-12-percent-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/\" target=_blank>Veterans unemployment rates<\/a> saw another sizable drop in October, the latest sign that some of the economic effects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>ongoing coronavirus pandemic<\/a> may be softening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But jobless claims among veterans \u2014 and much of the rest of workers in America \u2014 still remain significantly above rates from one year ago. And increasing numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths could cause additional negative effects in months to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment estimate for veterans in October was 5.5 percent, down almost a full point from the month before (6.4 percent in September) and less than half of its highest point in 2020 (11.7 percent, in April).<\/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\/2020\/05\/08\/veteran-unemployment-up-to-nearly-12-percent-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/\" 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\/AP20128747638099.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\">Veteran unemployment up to nearly 12 percent amid coronavirus crisis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 1 million veterans reported being jobless in April as the national unemployment rate 14.7 percent.<\/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\">The number represents almost 500,000 veterans nationwide looking for jobs last month. About 8.7 million veterans in America are estimated to be of working age and able to work, just under half of the entire U.S. veterans population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among veterans of the Iraq War and Afghanistan War eras, 6.2 percent were unemployed and looking for work last month. Like the overall veterans rate, that number has decreased significantly in recent months but remains well above pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national unemployment rate in October was 6.9 percent, one point lower than the September rate. It has declined every month since April, when it peaked at 14.7 percent. 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