Unemployment rate for post-9/11 vets up as job market slumps
By: Richard Sisk | Published: 2026-10-02 18:24:49 | Source: www.militarytimes.com
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The unemployment rate for the nation’s post-9/11 generation of veterans rose from 3.5% in August to 4.1% in September as the number of jobs added that month fell by more than 100,000, according to the final monthly jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ahead of the November elections.
The latest BLS data, gathered through mid-September, showed only 29,000 jobs added to…

