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

Vermont’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. 431 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, Aug 2026

    2.6% the month before

  • 337,925

    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 layoffs

  • 8

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 729

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 7

    employers

WARN 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. State of Vermont43 open roles
  2. Middlebury College12 open roles
  3. National Life Group12 open roles
  4. Acturhire9 open roles
  5. Beta Technologies9 open roles
  6. Rutland Regional Medical Center8 open roles
  7. Casella Waste Systems7 open roles
  8. Army National Guard Units6 open roles
  9. JE Dunn Construction6 open roles
  10. Albertsons Companies5 open roles
  11. Robert Half5 open roles
  12. Ulta Beauty5 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 nonprofit 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 nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Middlebury CollegeMiddleburyPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Norwich UniversityNorthfieldPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Saint Michael's CollegeColchesterPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Bennington CollegeBenningtonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Landmark CollegePutneyPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
SIT Graduate InstituteBrattleboroPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Sterling CollegeCraftsbury CommonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Vermont College of Fine ArtsMontpelierPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Vermont Law and Graduate SchoolSouth RoyaltonPrivate nonprofit 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.

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.

Vermont cities

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

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; WARN 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.