{"id":59619,"date":"2019-08-02T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/02\/veterans-unemployment-rose-slightly-in-july-still-sits-below-national-estimates\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:26:40","slug":"veterans-unemployment-rose-slightly-in-july-still-sits-below-national-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2019\/08\/02\/veterans-unemployment-rose-slightly-in-july-still-sits-below-national-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment rose slightly in July, still sits below national estimates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2019\/06\/07\/veteran-unemployment-ticked-up-last-month-but-still-lower-than-civilians-for-9th-month-in-a-row\/\" target=_blank>unemployment rate<\/a> among American veterans rose for the second consecutive month in July, but it still remains significantly below the national rate, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency reported the July <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/employment\/2019\/05\/06\/best-for-vets-employers-the-top-places-to-land-a-job-in-2019\/\" target=_blank>jobless rate for veterans<\/a> rose to 3.4 percent from 3.3 percent in June, a small but noteworthy uptick given the spate of good news in veterans unemployment over the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That number had been below 3 percent for four consecutive months before the June estimates. Among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war era, the unemployment rate in July was 3.6 percent, down slightly from 3.7 percent in June.<\/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\/2019\/07\/31\/research-finds-veterans-earn-more-than-non-veterans\/\" 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=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636035894278240906-991226jpg.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\">Research finds veterans earn more than non-veterans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Veterans, on average, earn $5 an hour more than civilians who never served in the military, a new study shows.<\/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\">As a whole, the country\u2019s unemployment rate remained steady from June at 3.7 percent. Only twice in the last 16 months has the national number topped 4 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 3.4 percent jobless rate for veterans translates into about 316,000 former military members looking for work last month. That number was as high as 500,000 just three years ago and topped 1 million during the height of the U.S. recession in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts caution against drawing too many conclusions from individual monthly unemployment statistics, because the veteran figures are taken from a much smaller sample size than the overall population, leading to volatility in some of the calculations.<\/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\/2019\/05\/31\/this-state-will-turn-vet-mps-into-police-officers-with-just-2-weeks-of-training\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ND.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" 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