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.

• Covered Employment Tool
  Lookup annual or quarterly averages for the state and substate areas.
• Year To Date tables
  Monthly, quarterly and annual data by industry for state and substate areas.
• Size Class tables
  state, industry and county areas
• U.S. & New England States
• Vermont & U.S. Average Wage
• Non-Profit Data
• Explanation of Terms   - definitions and how to use and interpret Covered Employment and Wages.   Find out more about QCEW and NAICS.

Hours & Earnings
Estimates of Average Weekly Earnings, Average Weekly Hours and Average Hourly Earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers in selected industries are produced by Current Employment Statistics.

• Monthly Report
• Annual Summary

Earnings by Sex

• Earnings and Jobs by Industry and Sex
  Industry employment counts and earnings by sex with female to male earnings ratio. Data is quarterly from 2006, based on administrative records from Vermont’s Unemployment Insurance program.
  • Earnings and Jobs by Sex
  • Download dataset
  • Data Sources and Limitations
  Funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. + more
   
• More than Choice? - A Review of the Gender Pay Gap
  More than a Choice? aims to demystify the debate surrounding the gender pay gap and provide key facts about working women to foster a broader, more meaningful conversation regarding pay equity at a state level.
  • Full Report
  • Summary Handout
  
  
• Women, Work and Wages in Vermont
  First in a series of briefs on topics related to women's economic well-being.
  

Wage Rates by Occupation
Find wage rates for a selected occupation at Occupation Profile or download wage data for all occupations at Occupational Employment and Wages.

Wage Distribution
The Vermont Wage Distribution table provides wage rates across all occupations reported at Occupational Employment and Wages.

Logging Wage Survey Report
Vermont, along with New Hampshire and New York, participated in Maine's Northeast Regional Woods Wage Survey in the fall of 2019 to determine prevailing wages paid to pulpwood/logging workers.

• 2020 Report of Pulpwood and Logging Industry wage rates in each of the participating states is available at U.S. Department of Labor, Agricultural Online Wage Library.

Employer Survey
The Employer Survey presents a point-in-time snapshot of benefits currently offered by private employers in Vermont.

• 2023 Employer Survey Report
  • Kevin's Corner: 2023 Business Survey
• 2019 Fringe Benefit Study
• 2013 Fringe Benefit Study
  • Survey Instrument

Per Capita Personal Income

• U.S. & Vermont Charts | Charts & Data
Estimates from 2000 in current dollars and from 2008 in real dollars.
• County & Metro Areas PDF | XLSX
Estimates from 2000 in current dollars, selected years.
• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional page
source of State and Local PCPI press releases and data

U.S. Census

• State and County QuickFacts
  Quick, easy access to facts about people, business and geography in Vermont.
  "Browse data sets for Vermont" in the upper right of Quickfacts contains more tables.
• Income
  A collection of income reports, both annual and decennial, for states as well as the nation.

Equal Pay and other Workplace Laws

These flyers, one designed for workers, the other designed for employers, provide information about rights and responsibilities under equal pay laws and other laws governing the workplace.
• For Workers
• For Employers

Employer Pay Equity Self-Audit

The Employer Pay Equity Self-Audit was developed by the Business and Professional Women's Foundation to assist employers in analyzing their own wage-setting policies and establishing consistent and fair pay practices for all.

Workplaces For All

Workplaces for All was created as a resource to help employers, workers and all Vermonters address sexual harassment and workplace discrimination.

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

• 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.