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Latest Unemployment Press Release
June 19, 2009
"Job and employment levels remained stable in May.  This is the second month in a row where job and employment losses have plateaued from the steep declines of 4th Quarter 2008 and early 2009.  While we do not see any significant signs of job growth yet, the Vermont labor market is doing better than the US as a whole."
Patricia Moulton Powden
Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor
 
Vermont Labor Force Statistics
Seasonally Adjusted
  May
2009
April
2009
May
2008
 
Total Labor Force 361,000 361,000 355,000
  Employment 334,500 334,700 339,000
  Unemployment 26,500 26,300 16,000
  Rate 7.3% 7.3% 4.5%
 
What's new?
  • Vermont Labor Market - April PDF
    • Summer Youth Employment Programs receive Federal stimulus funding
    • Vermont Employers Need To Establish Policies for Cell Phone Users
    • March employment figures
    • Teen Workers
    • Osher Foundation Reentry Scholarship Endowment
    May-15-2009
  • Unemployment Weekly Report - July 1 PDF
    Find the latest information on claims, unemployment insurance statistics and unemployment rates for New England states and the U.S.  This and more UI reports are at Publications.
    Jul-1-2009
  • Economic and Travel Indicators - April PDF
    A monthly series on labor market & business activity, state tax revenues, travel & tourism, rooms & meals business receipts and seasonal indicators. View the latest issue. Past issues available at Publications
    Jun-15-2009
  • Current Employment Statistics - Annual Summaries PDF
    Annual summaries for 2008 and 2007 are now available at Publications. Each contains revised estimates from recent benchmarking activities and 5 years of seasonally adjusted estimates.
    Jun-22-2009
  • State Construction Prevailing Wage - June 2009 PDF
    Prevailing Wages for State Construction Projects have been updated, based on the May 2008 Occupational Employment and Wages recently released. The new wage rates are effective upon release, June 19, 2008.
    Jun-19-2008
  • Current Employment Statistics - May PDF
    Latest monthly employment estimates for Vermont industries. The May survey can be found at Publications or access all years at Nonfarm Employment.
    Jun-19-2009
  • Per Capita Personal Income, local areas, 2007
    BEA released 2007 per capita personal income for counties and metro/mircopolitan statistical areas. Chittenden county is the top area with per capita income of $42,594.
    Apr-28-2009
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    Preliminary data for the 4th Quarter 2008 confirm the steep economic downturn with losses of nearly 3,000 jobs from a year earlier. For the year, employment dropped by less than 900 and average wages increased 3.7%.
    Jun-23-2009
    Latest estimates of employment, hourly and annual wage rates for over 600 occupations.
    Jun-11-2009
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    Unemployment Rate
    Seasonally Adjusted
      May
    2009
    Apr
    2009
    May
    2008
    Vermont 7.3 7.3 4.5
    New England n/a 8.0 5.1
    United States 9.4 8.9 5.5
     
    Consumer Price Index
    United States
      May
    2009
    Apr
    2009
    Index 213.856 213.240
    Annual % Chg -1.3 -0.7
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