Essex Junction, VT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Essex Junction

• Floating Starbucks ManagerNortheast Grocery
• Director PostFab EngineeringGlobalFoundries
• Factory Applications Engineer (CTD; Vermont)Teradyne
• Investment Associate, FINRA Registered - Essex Junction, VTKeyBank
• Territory Sales ManagerOtis College Of ART And Design
• Quality ManagerHeico
• EngineerHeico
• BuyerHeico
• Traveling Senior Safety Specialist, Advanced Industries (Semiconductor)JE Dunn Construction
• Traveling Project Manager 2, Advanced Industries (Semiconductor)JE Dunn Construction

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Employers hiring most in Essex Junction

1. JE Dunn Construction6 open roles
2. Heico3 open roles
3. Adecco Group1 open role
4. Autumn Harp1 open role
5. Excelsior Citizen1 open role
6. GlobalFoundries1 open role
7. KeyBank1 open role
8. Northeast Grocery1 open role
9. Otis College Of ART And Design1 open role
10. Teradyne1 open role

Essex Junction layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 0

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Chittenden County 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 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.2%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,351 jobs), admin & staffing (+587 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−798 jobs), retail (−344 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• VIP layoffs raise questions about AI’s role in changing Vermont workforceWCAX on MSN · Oct 22, 2026
• A Colchester Tech Firm Has Been Leaning Into AI. It’s Laying Off 66 People.Seven Days · Oct 20, 2026
• Layoffs announced at Vermont Information Processing in ColchesterVTDigger · Oct 20, 2026
• How Vermont is leveraging AI across government, one ‘power tool’ at a timeStateScoop · Oct 2, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Essex Junction. 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).

• Office of Workforce Strategy & Development

  Serves all of Vermont

Chittenden County economy

• 2.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.3% the month before

• 96,362

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 168,831

  people in Chittenden County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $94,310

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 54%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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