Currently around 631,029 veterans (men and women) of all eras and 90,000 post-9/11 veterans reside in Illinois. Prior studies at the national level suggest that post-9/11 veterans are at higher risk of unemployment and face earnings penalties or premiums in different occupations and sectors once they get a job. As the local labor market contexts may produce different circumstances for veterans in Illinois, the report, “Illinois Veterans Employment and Earnings Profiles: The Impact of Local Labor Markets,” from the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign creates an earnings profile of Illinois veterans. The analysis focuses primarily on post-9/11 veterans.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN