From the Notebook: Government the largest employer of veterans
Among the many facts that didn’t get into our Veterans Day story about women who serve: More than 1 in 5 working veterans, men and women, is employed by the government.
Federal agencies employ 9 percent of the veteran workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, followed by local agencies (7.4 percent) and states (4.6 percent). There are about 10.3 million veterans in the U.S. civilian workforce.
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This story was originally published November 11, 2014 at 10:34 AM.