VETERANS BY THE NUMBERS
Average yearly salary

• Male veterans: $36,202                
• Male nonveterans: $31,083
• Female veterans: $30,611
• Female nonveterans: $20,771


Unemployed
• Veterans:  9.1%
• Nonveterans: 10.1%

Poverty
• Veterans: 7%
• Nonveterans: 14.6%
Veterans are more likely to earn more money that the average American, are more highly educated, are less likely to be unemployed, but are nearly twice as likely to have some disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The pie shows veteran population by war.