VA · departments and job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Annual figures: BLS Employment Situation of Veterans, 2025, released 28 April 2026. BLS states that 2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages that exclude October, because October 2025 data were not collected during the federal shutdown. Monthly figures: BLS Employment Situation Table A-5, August 2026, released 4 September 2026, not seasonally adjusted. Do not treat one August month as the year.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Veterans, 2024 annual | 3.0% |
| Veterans, 2025 annual | 3.5% |
| Nonveterans, 2025 annual | 4.2% |
| Gulf War-era II, 2025 annual | 3.6% |
| Veterans, August 2026, not adjusted | 3.4% |
| Gulf War-era II, August 2026, not adjusted | 3.5% |
In August 2026, not seasonally adjusted, the veteran population 18 and over was 16,884,000. The veteran labor force was 8,247,000. Participation was 48.8 percent. Unemployed veterans numbered 283,000. Men were at 3.6 percent. Women were at 2.4 percent on a much smaller base, 28,000 unemployed. The 2025 annual rate for female veterans was 4.6 percent, and for male veterans 3.3 percent. In August 2025, 50 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans had a service-connected disability, compared with 34 percent of all veterans. That disability share is from the annual release, not from Real World Careers.
Not seasonally adjusted. Percent of the veteran labor force. The 18-to-24 band is a small base, about 8,000 unemployed.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% |
| 35 to 44 | 2.3% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.0% |
| 55 to 64 | 3.0% |
| 65 and over | 2.1% |
Source: VA Annual Benefits Report for fiscal year 2025, Veteran Readiness and Employment chapter, and the fiscal year 2025 accomplishments statement on SAM.gov assistance listing 64.116. These are VA program counts. Real World Careers does not place the veteran and does not own these outcomes.
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Applicants | 199,606 |
| Participants | 154,989 |
| Veterans rehabilitated | 13,027 |
| Employment rehabilitations | 10,527 |
| Education rehabilitations | 2,232 |
| Independent living | 268 |
Employment, education, and independent living rehabilitations sum to the 13,027 veterans rehabilitated. Of rehabilitated veterans in management occupations, the report lists 2,892 people and an average annual wage at rehabilitation of $76,830.64. That is VA's figure for that category. It is not a wage Real World Careers guarantees. The counselor still places the veteran.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
If a program bought the seat, you sit free. If no program is behind you, Career Fit is $199 and it includes the 50-question assessment, the white paper and citations, Career Directions to Explore, two years of ZIP jobs, a score verification, one year of US Testing Center (up to three tests), and SumCruncher Daily. You still apply on USAJOBS or the employer's posting. Preference is not ours to sell.
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Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
VR&E, TAP, M&FRC, SkillBridge, a VSO, and DOL VETS when the VA path sends the veteran there. They are preparing a person for a real test or a transition. The counselor, the DVOP, the host, or the VSO still does the placement work.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
10,527 employment rehabilitations. VA's Annual Benefits Report for fiscal year 2025 also counts 13,027 veterans rehabilitated in total, including 2,232 education rehabilitations and 268 independent living rehabilitations. Those are VA's counts, not ours.
Departments
The Annual Benefits Report lists 199,606 applicants and 154,989 participants. SAM.gov assistance listing 64.116 describes the same employment-rehabilitation count of 10,527. We do not claim those outcomes as Real World Careers placements.
Departments
The fiscal year 2025 VR&E chapter lists 2,892 rehabilitated veterans in management occupations and an average annual wage at rehabilitation of $76,830.64. That is VA's figure. It is not a wage we guarantee.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
No. The host may hire. The seat does not make the hire. The veteran still files the application.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Career Fit at $199. Unlimited matches, two years of ZIP jobs, one year of US Testing Center, up to three tests included. You apply on your own.
Departments
One of: civil service, postal, TSA, CBP officer, corrections, CDL, or electrician. Not all 161 exams. The person opens it once.
Departments
No. Nursing boards, CNA, EMT, pharmacy tech, laboratory, and respiratory stay off this seat until a named clinician accepts them in writing. Those catalogs are a separate US Testing Center purchase.
Job seekers
The choice you picked, the correct choice, and the explanation. The exam prepares you for a real sitting. It is not the real exam, not a license, and not a promise you will pass.
Job seekers
No. A 75 percent line means you are in range to book the real sitting. It is not the board's cut score.
Departments
No. Private company. Not OPM. Not USAJOBS. Results do not determine eligibility, grade, clearance, referral, or hire.
Job seekers
No. Preference, VRA, VEOA, and the 30 percent authority stay on USAJOBS. We do not sell preference.
Job seekers
No. You still file on USAJOBS or on the employer's posting. The ZIP list shows openings. It does not submit them.
Departments
No. GI Bill does not buy this. Boots to Business stays the SBA door. The office buys the seat, or the person with no program buys Career Fit.
Job seekers
No. GI Bill does not buy this product. If a program will not buy a seat, Career Fit is a $199 card purchase.
Departments
No. We do not place the veteran. We do not issue the license or the civil-service score. The office keeps the decision.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
30 seats at $175, which is $5,250.
Departments
100 seats at $145, which is $14,500.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
No. No name, rank, MOS, or roster is sent to us. You match each code to your own list.
Departments
Each finished test is one page, emailed to the office and held on the wallet for one year. Then our copy is deleted. The person keeps the job list.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
One page for the office, matched by a code the office already has. We do not receive your name. The counselor still makes the placement decision.
Departments
The work-fit: six domains, a score from 0 to 110, and what that person can carry. The person gets the ZIP list. Names stay with the office.
Job seekers
About 45 to 60 minutes. One sitting. Phone or computer. Ceiling 110. Not an IQ test.
Job seekers
On the employer's posting or on USAJOBS. The list is ranked to the kind of work in the result, with a radius and a remote switch. It does not submit the application.
Departments
Advanced Learning Academy LLC, Carmel, Indiana, (317) 751-5444. SAM UEI Z272LH7MCDT2. CAGE 1A8H4.
Departments
3.5 percent, up from 3.0 percent in 2024. Nonveterans were at 4.2 percent in 2025. BLS Employment Situation of Veterans, released 28 April 2026. BLS says the 2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages that exclude October, because October 2025 was not collected during the federal shutdown.
Departments
3.6 percent for the year, little changed. In August 2026, not seasonally adjusted, that group was at 3.5 percent. Do not brief the month as the year.
Job seekers
3.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted, for veterans 18 and over. That is 283,000 unemployed out of a labor force of 8,247,000. The population was 16,884,000. Participation was 48.8 percent. Source: BLS Table A-5, released 4 September 2026.
Job seekers
BLS publishes the monthly veteran table, Table A-5, without seasonal adjustment. The annual veterans news release is the year. Comparing 3.4 percent in August to 3.5 percent for 2025 without that label mixes two methods.
Departments
Men were at 3.6 percent. Women were at 2.4 percent, on a small base of 28,000 unemployed. The 2025 annual rate was 3.3 percent for male veterans and 4.6 percent for female veterans. Use the year when you brief a gender gap. Use August only with the not-adjusted label.
Job seekers
Veterans 18 to 24 were at 6.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted, on a small base of about 8,000 unemployed. Ages 25 to 34 were at 6.4 percent. Ages 35 to 44 were at 2.3 percent. Ages 45 to 54 were at 4.0 percent. Ages 55 to 64 were at 3.0 percent. Ages 65 and over were at 2.1 percent.
Departments
In August 2025, 50 percent, compared with 34 percent of all veterans. That is from the BLS annual veterans release of 28 April 2026. It is not a Real World Careers eligibility rule. The score does not change because a disability is on file. We do not take the file.
Job seekers
No. The fifty items are the same work problems. We do not take a disability rating, a medical file, or a roster. Your counselor still owns the rehabilitation plan.
Departments
No. That is VA's count of employment rehabilitations in fiscal year 2025. Real World Careers does not place veterans and does not own that number. Cite VA if you cite it.
Job seekers
No. It is one not-seasonally-adjusted month for all veterans in the country. Your application is still a posting. If a program bought your seat, sit it. If not, Career Fit is $199.
Departments
Say the month, say not seasonally adjusted, and say the young bands are small bases. Then go back to the person in front of you. The chart does not replace the work-fit.
Job seekers
That rate is the August group, not your file. Take the seat your program bought, or buy Career Fit if you are on your own, then apply to the ZIP list. The chart does not submit an application.
Departments
Use VA's own rehabilitation wages when you are talking about VA outcomes, with the fiscal year and the occupation. Use OEWS when you are talking about an occupation in the wider market. Do not merge them into one average.
Job seekers
The list is ranked to the kind of work in the result, with a radius and a remote switch. Preference and special hiring authorities stay on USAJOBS. We do not attach a veteran label to a posting and call it preference.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
The office that bought the seat gets one page, by code, for one year. We do not get your name. You keep the job list. You choose whether to share anything else.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Yes. Phone or computer. About 45 to 60 minutes. One sitting.
Departments
No. Ceiling 110. No IQ label. Not a medical exam. You already keep names in your system. We do not want the personnel file.
Job seekers
How you plan, count, remember, see patterns, judge people-problems, and sequence steps. The same six domains every other buyer sits. The report tells you what fits, what stretches, and what drains.
Departments
The reports library has the VA sample linked from the VA office page. The sample is the file. It is not a placement and it is not a personnel record.
Job seekers
Timothy E. Parker, Guinness World Records Puzzle Master, CEO of Advanced Learning Academy LLC. Thirty years. 180 million total solutions. The authority page is the record. The sitting is work problems, not a puzzle contest.
Departments
The monthly veteran table moves with the Employment Situation. The next one is scheduled for 2 October 2026. The annual veterans series stays on the 28 April 2026 release until BLS posts the next year. VR&E counts stay on fiscal year 2025 until VA posts the next annual benefits report.
Job seekers
They are not on this desk. Real World Careers does not cite a retention figure, and there is no public data file locked for one. Anyone who quotes one is not quoting this page.
Departments
No. VR&E, TAP, VHA, SkillBridge, and veteran job-seeker questions live here. A search for VA from the desk opens this section only. A search inside unemployment stays inside unemployment.
Job seekers
If the question is about veterans, August rates, or a program seat, it belongs here. A general state rate that is not about VA lives on the unemployment page. This search does not mix the two libraries.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
On the results page after the last question. An organization retrieves its page by report ID. You keep the job list. You share a verify code only if you choose.
Departments
The ZIP list can be widened by radius and switched to remote. It is still a list of openings to apply to. It is not a remote-job guarantee and it is not USAJOBS.
Job seekers
No. The score is a work sample from 0 to 110. VHA, VR&E, and a hiring manager still decide. We do not stamp a hire.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
Every question on this page is tagged. Choose Departments or Job seekers above the list. A search for VA from the Hiring Reports desk returns this page only, and the same split is on the buttons.
Job seekers
On the VA page, press Job seekers. The department questions hide. Press Departments and the job-seeker questions hide. The other five sections do not open.
Departments
VA's report lists 3,485 female veterans, 26.8 percent, and 9,542 male veterans, 73.2 percent, of the 13,027 rehabilitated. That is VA's count. It is not a Real World Careers outcome.
Departments
7,788, which the report shows as 59.8 percent of the 13,027 rehabilitated. Another 5,239, or 40.2 percent, were recorded with an employment handicap. The same chapter says 62 percent of participating veterans have a serious employment handicap.
Departments
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
The federal vendor facts on the site say Net 30 ACH is available. Card checkout is 1 to 500 people. A class above a card limit is the same per-person rate on an invoice.
Job seekers
Civil service is one choice on the list, alongside postal, TSA, CBP officer, corrections, CDL, and electrician. You open one exam, once. It is practice, not the civil-service score.
Job seekers
No. It prepares you for a real sitting. It is not a commercial driver's license and not a promise you will pass.
Job seekers
No. It is practice for a real sitting. It does not issue the license.
Departments
The office matches the code to its own list. We never received the name. The one page is emailed and held one year, then our copy is deleted.
Job seekers
Yes. The VA office page links the one-page sample. Your result, after you sit, is your own. The sample is an example, not your file.
Departments
It is a work sample and a job list. The program paid. The veteran still applies. Preference stays on USAJOBS. We do not place and we do not stamp a hire.
Job seekers
Program seats: 1–24 at $199 each; 25–49 at $175; 50–99 at $160; 100+ at $145. A 100-seat order totals $14,500. Every seat includes the complete participant package. ZIP job access lasts two years; US Testing Center is included for one year, up to three tests. View pricing and included benefits.
Departments
They are the same VA library and they are tagged. A counselor's price, roster, and VR&E count is a department question. A separating service member asking who pays, where to apply, and what the score is not, is a job-seeker question.
Job seekers
Open Hiring Reports, open VA, press Job seekers, and search. California's unemployment rate will not appear. A VR&E counselor's class price will not appear either, until you press Departments or All.
Departments
Advanced Learning Academy LLC, Carmel, Indiana, (317) 751-5444. The veteran does not call that number to pay. The program pays.
Job seekers
Quote the one that matches your sentence. August is one month, not seasonally adjusted, released 4 September 2026. The 2025 annual figure was released 28 April 2026 and excludes October. Do not average them.