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Veterans unemployment down for 3rd month in a row, but still double pre-pandemic levels

from Military Times

Veterans unemployment down for 3rd month in a row, but still double pre-pandemic levels Military Times Officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the unemployment rate among veterans fell to 7.9% last month, based on its monthly employment surveys. That figure translates into about 700,000 veterans looking for work. In June, that number was 8.6%. In April, the first full month of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the number was 11.7%, the highest monthly rate recorded by the agency in at least the last 20 years. READ MORE

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