Employed Veterans Pie Chart: This chart shows the distribution of employed veterans by period of service in 2006. Gulf War II era veterans were 8.1 percent of the total employed veterans, Gulf War I era veterans were 20.3 percent of the total, Vietnam War era veterans were 37.3 percent, World War II and Korean War era veterans were five percent. Veterans from other service periods constituted 29.2 percent of the total.
Note: Gulf War II era veterans served anywhere on active duty since September 2001. Gulf War I era veterans served anywhere between August 1990 and August 2001. The source was the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, annual averages 2006.
Distribution of Employed Veterans by Period of Service, 2006