The local economy of Vermont and its counties, metro areas and cities, from official US government data.
Unemployment rate
2.6%
August 2026, 2.6% a year ago
Average weekly pay
$1,322
Q1 2026, 304,184 jobs
New homes permitted
2,231
Last 12 months to August 2026
Net people moving in
+27
2022 to 2023
Newest data: -. Not seasonally adjusted: compare with the same month a year earlier. Click a row for its history.
The newest unemployment rate, pay, new home permits, moves and gas price for Vermont, updated as new official numbers come out.
Unemployment for Vermont is seasonally adjusted; for its counties, metro areas and cities it is not, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Pay covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance. Building permits count homes approved to be built, not homes sold. Moves count households by where they filed their tax returns in two years in a row.
The unemployment rate in Vermont was 2.6% in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), compared with 2.6% a year earlier. 329,224 people were employed out of a labor force of 337,925. Among its counties, Addison County had the lowest rate (2.3%) and Bennington County the highest (3.3%, not seasonally adjusted).
Average weekly pay in Vermont was $1,322 in Q1 2026, up 3.0% from a year earlier, across 304,184 jobs at 33,374 business locations.
Building permits were issued for 146 new homes in Vermont in August 2026 (124 single-family and 10 in buildings with 5 or more units). From January to August the total was 1,105, down 16.4% from the same months last year, and 2,231 in the last 12 months. The most homes were permitted in Chittenden County (946), Washington County (179), Franklin County (167) over the last 12 months.
Yes. From 2022 to 2023, 17,182 people moved to Vermont and 17,155 moved away, a net gain of 27 (+0.1 per 1,000 residents). Most newcomers came from New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and most people who left went to New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.
The weekly survey does not publish a separate price for Vermont. In its region, New England, regular gasoline averaged $4.37 per gallon in the week of September 28, 2026.