The 2.4% unemployment rate for veterans was the lowest monthly mark since April 2019. It’s the first time the figure has been under 3% since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. The national unemployment rate has also decreased steadily over the last year. About 216,000 veterans were actively seeking work last month unable to find steady employment. That’s roughly half the total jobless veterans from March 2021. The national economy added 431,000 new jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. About half of the 18 million veterans living in America today are in the labor force. The others are either too old or injured to work, or unable to found steady employment or too old to work. . . .
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