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Rutland County, VT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Rutland County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 25 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

Where Rutland County ranks

Where Rutland County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

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 County. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Rutland County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Rutland County 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

Employers hiring most in Rutland County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. General Electric5 open roles
  2. Rutland Regional Medical Center5 open roles
  3. Ulta Beauty4 open roles
  4. Casella Waste Systems3 open roles
  5. ADP1 open role
  6. Food Management Search1 open role
  7. Heritage Family Credit Union1 open role
  8. Northeast Grocery1 open role
  9. Personal Touch Home Health Care Services1 open role
  10. The Source and Recruit1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Rutland County

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

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rutland County. 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).

  • 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

Cities in Rutland County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Vermont’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Vermont unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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