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Vermont jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Vermont’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. 462 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 8 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Vermont economy

  • 2.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.6% the month before

  • 337,877

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 645,254

    people in Vermont

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $78,024

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Vermont outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,978 jobs), hotels & food (+1,096 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,617 jobs), finance & insurance (−373 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Vermont. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Vermont layoffs

  • 8

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 729

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 7

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Vermont, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Vermont Information ProcessingColchester66—State record
University of Vermont HealthBurlington179—State record
St. Albans Creamery, LLCSaint Albans81—State record
University of Vermont HealthBurlington142—State record
Franklin FoodsEnosburg Falls99—State record
Perrigo CompanyGeorgia162—State record
Maple Ridge Memory Care and LodgeEssex Junction——State record
Calmont BeverageBarre——State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Vermont

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. GlobalFoundries43 open roles
  2. State of Vermont41 open roles
  3. BETA Technologies19 open roles
  4. Albertsons Companies12 open roles
  5. Safeway12 open roles
  6. National Life Group7 open roles
  7. CVS Health6 open roles
  8. Northeast Grocery6 open roles
  9. Army National Guard Units5 open roles
  10. Dartmouth Health5 open roles
  11. Galvion5 open roles
  12. General Electric5 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Vermont

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Vermont

  • 12

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 45,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Vermont

Largest colleges in Vermont
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of VermontBurlingtonPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Vermont State UniversityRandolphPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Champlain CollegeBurlingtonPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Middlebury CollegeMiddleburyPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Norwich UniversityNorthfieldPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Saint Michael's CollegeColchesterPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Bennington CollegeBenningtonPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Landmark CollegePutneyPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
SIT Graduate InstituteBrattleboroPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Sterling CollegeCraftsbury CommonPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Vermont College of Fine ArtsMontpelierPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Vermont Law and Graduate SchoolSouth RoyaltonPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 12 Vermont colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Vermont. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Vermont? How to file for unemployment in Vermont (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

12 American Job Centers in Vermont

Job fairs and business events in Vermont

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Vermont.

Conferences in Vermont

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Vermont, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 2 with dates announced.

All conferences

Vermont counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 14

Vermont cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 31

Laid off or looking for work in Vermont?

See what to do first, what Vermont unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Vermont’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Vermont unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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