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State Level Employment Outcomes for Veterans and Disabled Veterans

State Workforce Agencies nationwide operate One-Stop Career Centers that provide employment and workforce information services in local communities.  These centers serve at no cost to employers or job seekers who access the services available.  State Workforce Agencies also provide priority of service and supplementary assistance to veterans and disabled veteran job seekers.

There are two key measures of the outcomes experienced by participating job seekers.  The first is the Entered Employment Rate (EER), which is the percent of the participants who are employed in the quarter after the last quarter in which they received services.  The second measure is the Employment Retention Rate (ERR), which is the percent of those entering employment who also are employed in the first and second quarters after entering employment.  The definitions established under the Common Measures for the EER and ERR were applied for the first time to the results reported by State Workforce Agencies through December 2005.  The results achieved by each State for these two measures, as applied to both veteran and disabled veteran participants, are presented below.

Performance Outcomes
By State

Source:ETA 9002 D Qtr Ending March 31, 2008
(Reported as of: 6-30-2008)

State

Veteran
EER

Veteran
ERR

Disabled
Veteran
EER

Disabled
Veteran
ERR

Alabama

70%
85%
68%
85%

Alaska

53%
80%
48%
78%

Arizona

53%
79%
48%
75%

Arkansas

68%
82%
67%
82%

California

52%
79%
48%
79%

Colorado

62%
81%
59%
81%

Connecticut

56%
77%
47%
79%

Delaware

61%
82%
60%
79%

District of Columbia

63%
77%
51%
77%

Florida

57%
78%
54%
79%

Georgia

65%
82%
60%
80%

Hawaii

41%
76%
41%
71%

Idaho

69%
80%
65%
79%

Illinois

62%
85%
59%
84%

Indiana

62%
84%
53%
82%

Iowa

70%
83%
63%
80%

Kansas

72%
85%
70%
85%

Kentucky

62%
76%
56%
74%

Louisiana

62%
81%
58%
81%

Maine

62%
79%
54%
80%

Maryland

66%
83%
60%
80%

Massachusetts

57%
78%
48%
77%

Michigan

51%
75%
44%
74%

Minnesota

56%
82%
58%
81%

Mississippi

55%
76%
48%
78%

Missouri

67%
82%
63%
82%

Montana

67%
84%
64%
84%

Nebraska

63%
83%
56%
79%

Nevada

71%
81%
67%
80%

New Hampshire

60%
81%
61%
82%

New Jersey

49%
78%
44%
76%

New Mexico

52%
82%
47%
80%

New York

65%
81%
60%
80%

North Carolina

54%
78%
50%
77%

North Dakota

67%
86%
55%
85%

Ohio

58%
82%
51%
80%

Oklahoma

70%
84%
67%
84%

Oregon

63%
84%
53%
82%

Pennsylvania

64%
83%
58%
82%

Puerto Rico

28%
0%
24%
0%

Rhode Island

51%
75%
53%
72%

South Carolina

71%
83%
66%
82%

South Dakota

68%
83%
57%
80%

Tennessee

60%
79%
59%
78%

Texas

67%
85%
59%
84%

Utah

72%
87%
67%
85%

Vermont

63%
80%
63%
78%

Virginia

68%
82%
65%
82%

Virgin Islands

43%
77%
42%
25%

Washington

71%
85%
66%
84%

West Virginia

65%
83%
58%
81%

Wisconsin

65%
86%
60%
82%

Wyoming

65%
83%
64%
80%

National Average

61%
81%
57%
80%








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