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Veterans Keep On ServingNational Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics celebrates Veterans Day 2019 by highlighting ways Veterans continue their service to the nation even after the uniform comes off

62%

5% 7% 5%

15%

7%

70%

8% 7% 5%2%

9%

Privatefor profit

Privatenonprofit

Localgovernment

Stategovernment1

Federalgovernment

Self-employedand unpaid family

workers

Veterans non-Veterans 633,386

324,253

123,608

54,296

28,509

20,093

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D E P A R T M E NT O F D E F E N S E

D E P A R T M E NT O F V E T E R A N S

A F F A I RS

D E P A R T M E NT O F H O M E L A N D

S E C U R I T Y

D E P A R T M E NT O F J U S T I C E

D E P A R T M E NT O F T R A N S P O R TA T I O N

Where do Veterans Choose to Work? Where in the Federal Government Do Veterans Choose to Work?

1 out of 5Federally-employed

Veterans serve other Veterans

at VA

32%of all

Federalemployees

are Veterans

1The Veteran/non-Veteran differance is not statistically significant at the 90 percent confidence

Notes: The universe for employment sector data is the civilian population of employed working-aged adults age 18 to 64 living in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Sources: Employment (class of worker)- 2017 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (www.census.gov/programs-survey/acs/data/pums.html). Veterans employed in Federal-government - US Office of Personnel Management, Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch: Fiscal Year 2017, February 2019 (https://www.fedshirevets.gov/veterans-council/veteran-employment-data/employment-of-veterans-in-the-federal-executive-branch-fy2017.pdf)

Prepared by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (See www.va.gov/vetdata/)

NCVASNational Center for Veterans Analysis andStatistics

32%of Veterans work in public service

or charitable organizations compared to

22% of non-Veterans

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