U.S. Department of Labor -- Veterans' Employment and Training Service

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, 2009
		(Reported as of: 6-2-2009)

	Veteran			Disabled Veteran
State	Entered Employment Rate	Employment Retention Rate	Average Earnings	Entered Employment Rate	Employment Retention Rate	Average Earnings
Alabama	68%	84%	$14,746	65%	84%	$15,924
Alaska	55%	79%	$20,630	51%	84%	$21,552
Arizona	59%	40%	$14,934	53%	42%	$14,981
Arkansas	66%	81%	$13,359	63%	78%	$13,697
California	48%	76%	$20,733	45%	76%	$23,310
Colorado	61%	78%	$17,690	58%	77%	$17,916
Connecticut	54%	78%	$17,178	51%	72%	$16,382
Delaware	57%	81%	$13,693	55%	80%	$13,682
District of Columbia	54%	78%	$21,976	56%	76%	$21,104
Florida	60%	80%	$15,018	55%	80%	$15,673
Georgia	61%	81%	$21,130	57%	80%	$21,518
Hawaii	44%	76%	$15,889	38%	78%	$17,363
Idaho	62%	76%	$13,581	58%	75%	$14,192
Illinois	59%	82%	$16,895	55%	82%	$16,970
Indiana	62%	83%	$15,064	54%	79%	$16,914
Iowa	69%	84%	$14,492	62%	83%	$15,128
Kansas	73%	86%	$13,156	70%	82%	$13,757
Kentucky	65%	81%	$14,019	61%	79%	$14,818
Louisiana	49%	64%	$17,132	46%	64%	$17,104
Maine	59%	84%	$13,704	54%	81%	$13,805
Maryland	64%	81%	$17,593	60%	83%	$18,904
Massachusetts	58%	80%	$18,087	50%	77%	$16,891
Michigan	50%	77%	$15,087	45%	76%	$15,352
Minnesota	56%	82%	$17,220	49%	80%	$16,010
Mississippi	65%	79%	$11,327	59%	77%	$12,243
Missouri	65%	78%	$11,965	59%	79%	$12,768
Montana	69%	85%	$14,223	66%	84%	$14,032
Nebraska	64%	83%	$13,469	55%	80%	$12,931
Nevada	66%	78%	$22,565	62%	78%	$21,756
New Hampshire	59%	69%	$15,178	59%	66%	$15,302
New Jersey	57%	78%	$17,312	54%	75%	$17,510
New Mexico	61%	80%	$18,708	55%	77%	$20,814
New York	68%	83%	$16,781	64%	82%	$16,520
North Carolina	49%	78%	$13,208	45%	77%	$14,898
North Dakota	67%	86%	$15,408	60%	84%	$13,965
Ohio	61%	82%	$18,710	61%	81%	$18,680
Oklahoma	69%	83%	$14,631	67%	81%	$15,689
Oregon	60%	83%	$15,170	58%	82%	$15,262
Pennsylvania	63%	84%	$14,384	56%	82%	$14,390
Puerto Rico	NDA	NDA	NDA	NDA	NDA	NDA
Rhode Island	45%	71%	$15,582	39%	67%	$16,575
South Carolina	69%	85%	$14,556	68%	84%	$14,719
South Dakota	69%	84%	$12,825	60%	82%	$13,413
Tennessee	66%	82%	$13,528	65%	82%	$13,955
Texas	66%	84%	$17,769	60%	83%	$16,778
Utah	68%	86%	$17,312	64%	85%	$17,739
Vermont	64%	84%	$15,193	60%	86%	$16,676
Virginia	67%	84%	$16,586	64%	83%	$17,747
Virgin Islands	50%	67%	$13,749	33%	60%	$21,380
Washington	67%	84%	$16,998	64%	84%	$17,387
West Virginia	64%	83%	$15,100	57%	82%	$15,211
Wisconsin	64%	84%	$13,997	59%	79%	$13,964
Wyoming	66%	84%	$19,998	59%	82%	$19,647
National Average	60%	81%	$16,423	57%	79%	$16,829
NDA = No Data Available