Rutland, VT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Rutland

• Accounts Payable Specialist - Career Advancement OpportunitiesCasella Waste Systems
• Financial Analyst - Resource SolutionsCasella Waste Systems
• Director of Enterprise PMOCasella Waste Systems
• Accounts Receivable Specialist - Career Advancement OpportunitiesCasella Waste Systems
• Billing SpecialistCasella Waste Systems
• Sales ManagerUlta Beauty
• Operations ManagerUlta Beauty
• Merchandise ManagerUlta Beauty
• General ManagerUlta Beauty
• Director Supply Chain ManagementRutland Regional Medical Center

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Employers hiring most in Rutland

1. Casella Waste Systems5 open roles
2. General Electric5 open roles
3. Rutland Regional Medical Center4 open roles
4. Ulta Beauty4 open roles
5. ADP1 open role
6. Food Management Search1 open role
7. Heritage Family Credit Union1 open role
8. Personal Touch Home Health Care Services1 open role
9. Velco1 open role
10. VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Rutland

• Casella Waste Systems5,001–20,000 employees

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

Rutland layoffs

No layoff notices naming Rutland in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Rutland 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 down 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.9%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−330 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Rutland. 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

Learn and get funded in Rutland

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rutland. 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

• Rutland Resource Center, Vermont Department of Labor

  Rutland · Affiliate · 802-786-5837

  In Person (Walk-in & By Appt): M-Thurs 9am-12pm; 1pm-4pm Virtual: Fridays 9am-12pm; 1pm-4pm and By Appt

Rutland County economy

• 2.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.8% the month before

• 28,528

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 60,484

  people in Rutland County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $64,778

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS