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Vermont: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Vermont from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20262.6%#4 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20252.7%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025349.1K−1.2% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025339.7K9,374 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	2.7%	349,055	339,681	9,374
2024	2.3%	353,463	345,352	8,111
2023	1.9%	349,476	342,686	6,790
2022	2.3%	342,248	334,240	8,008
2021	3.5%	334,923	323,234	11,689
2020	5.6%	339,064	319,998	19,066
2019	2.1%	352,876	345,401	7,475
2018	2.5%	354,368	345,517	8,851
2017	2.9%	354,279	343,867	10,412
2016	3.1%	352,283	341,341	10,942
2015	3.5%	351,895	339,663	12,232
2014	3.9%	352,907	339,129	13,778
2013	4.4%	353,636	337,972	15,664
2012	4.8%	356,157	339,078	17,079
2011	5.4%	358,219	338,836	19,383
2010	6.2%	359,040	336,678	22,362
2009	6.5%	359,499	336,017	23,482
2008	4.5%	352,474	336,788	15,686
2007	3.9%	351,859	338,213	13,646
2006	3.7%	353,704	340,675	13,029
2005	3.5%	348,299	336,184	12,115
2004	3.6%	346,039	333,415	12,624
2003	4.3%	345,383	330,368	15,015
2002	3.9%	342,915	329,384	13,531
2001	3.2%	337,871	326,959	10,912
2000	2.8%	334,165	324,945	9,220
1999	3.1%	337,186	326,858	10,328
1998	3.4%	333,918	322,574	11,344
1997	3.9%	330,141	317,190	12,951
1996	4.2%	325,436	311,770	13,666
1995	4.2%	320,199	306,813	13,386
1994	4.4%	315,881	301,934	13,947
1993	5.0%	313,449	297,725	15,724
1992	6.0%	310,469	291,752	18,717
1991	6.3%	307,330	287,848	19,482
1990	4.8%	305,688	290,947	14,741
1989	3.5%	301,807	291,188	10,619
1988	3.0%	295,844	286,930	8,914
1987	3.6%	291,249	280,701	10,548
1986	4.2%	284,991	272,912	12,079
1985	4.6%	276,780	263,946	12,834
1984	4.9%	268,456	255,385	13,071
1983	6.5%	263,910	246,843	17,067
1982	7.0%	261,804	243,361	18,443
1981	5.7%	255,965	241,290	14,675
1980	6.1%	249,339	234,245	15,094
1979	5.0%	243,880	231,586	12,294
1978	5.5%	237,269	224,165	13,104
1977	7.0%	227,947	212,019	15,928
1976	8.2%	218,251	200,286	17,965

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.