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Covered Wages by Industry
Average annual and total wages by NAICS industries and areas for wage earners covered by unemployment insurance from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), also known as ES-202.

Hourly Earnings by Industry
Annual average earnings data from Current Employment Statistics (CES).

Earnings by Gender and Industry
Compare gender differences in annual average earnings within or between industries, including female/male earnings ratios. The earnings table has information for Vermont and Workforce Investment Board regions. Earnings is a Quarterly Workforce Indicator (QWI), a product of the Local Employment Dynamics program.

Wage Rates by Occupation
Find wage rates for a selected occupation at Occupational Information Center or download wage data for all occupations at Occupations.

Wage Distribution
The Vermont Wage Distribution table provides wage rates across all occupations in the Occupational Employment Survey.

Fringe Benefits
The latest Fringe Benefit Study PDF   report provides information on benefits offered by Vermont firms. It covers health insurance, sick leave, vacation, and other benefits and includes firm size, cost sharing and other information.

Per Capita Income
(source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis -
bea.gov)

U.S. Census

Vermont's Equal Pay Act pamphlet

Poverty

  • Poverty Reports
    Numerous reports on poverty from Census, including state data.
  • Poverty Guidelines
    Guidelines are issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for administrative purposes. Includes an explaination of Thresholds and Guidelines.

Livable Wage

  • How much is a livable wage?
    This Livable Wage information is provided by the Peace & Justice Center, based on figures released by the Vermont Joint Fiscal Office.
  • Basic Needs Budgets Reports
    The Vermont Joint Fiscal Office annually prepares a Basic Needs Budgets and Minimum Wage Report. Each Report contains "Liviable Wages" for six possible family configurations in urban or rural areas with moderate or low cost food plan options. Reports are available at Joint Fiscal Office Reports under Subject - "Basic Needs Budgets".
 
 
 
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The Department of Labor announced the state minimum wage will be increasing to $8.60 per hour from $8.46 per hour on January 1, 2013. View the Press Release or the Minimum Wage Poster.
Nov-9-2012
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* Prevailing Wage *
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Prevailing wage rates required under the Capital Construction Act for state construction projects.
Jun-29-2012
The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts require prevailing wage rates be paid on federal construction projects. The US Labor Dept., Wage & Hour Division make wage determinations to set rates.
For Federal prevailing wage rates, contact
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Wage & Hour Division
Burlington, Vt
(802) 951-6283
toll free 1-866-4uswage
(1-866-487-9243)
Employers seeking to hire foreign workers to perform non-agricultural services or labor need to contact the Office of Foreign Labor Certification for information and instructions.
Employers seeking to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature should email Cris LaDuke at cris.laduke@state.vt.us or call (802) 897-5303 for information and instructions.
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