{"id":61413,"date":"2022-05-06T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/06\/veterans-unemployment-under-3-for-second-consecutive-month\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:24:12","slug":"veterans-unemployment-under-3-for-second-consecutive-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/05\/06\/veterans-unemployment-under-3-for-second-consecutive-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans unemployment under 3% for second consecutive month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veterans unemployment<\/a> remained below 3% for the second consecutive month<\/a> in April, offering more evidence that the American job market is nearing full recovery from the two-year coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> on Friday said the veterans unemployment rate for last month was 2.9%, up slightly from 2.6% in March. It\u2019s the first time that figure has stayed below 3% for two months in a row since early 2019, before the pandemic caused business closures and unemployment spikes across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the country as a whole, the economy added about 428,000 jobs in April, but the unemployment rate stayed at 3.6% for the second consecutive month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t