{"id":68149,"date":"2017-01-31T18:48:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T18:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/01\/31\/what-percentage-of-federal-workers-are-veterans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:35:57","slug":"what-percentage-of-federal-workers-are-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2017\/01\/31\/what-percentage-of-federal-workers-are-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"What percentage of federal workers are veterans?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, 30.9 percent of all federal employees in fiscal 2015 were veterans, according to the Office of Personnel Management, <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/hiring-freeze-job-offers-revoked\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/hiring-freeze-job-offers-revoked\">potentially making veterans one of the largest groups affected<\/a> by the federal employee hiring freeze. 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