Vermont · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Vermont

Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Vermont, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Vermont had about 308,100 people on their payrolls across roughly 33,558 establishments, with average annual pay of $67,160.

Total employment in Vermont grew 8.7% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Vermont are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

  • 308,100Employment, 2025
  • 33,558Establishments
  • $67,160Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment in Vermont, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 298,500 to 308,100.0100K200K300K400K20042010201520202025

Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 298,500; 2005 300,900; 2006 303,200; 2007 303,400; 2008 302,600; 2009 292,400; 2010 293,100; 2011 295,500; 2012 299,500; 2013 301,600; 2014 304,500; 2015 307,100; 2016 308,000; 2017 309,400; 2018 310,300; 2019 310,600; 2020 283,500; 2021 291,700; 2022 301,300; 2023 307,000; 2024 309,100; 2025 308,100.

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

CodeSectorEmploymentShare of VermontLQSource
11Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting3,6901.2%1.51est. · 0.99
21Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction6590.2%0.58est. · 0.74
23Construction16,9465.5%1.02est. · 0.99
31-33Manufacturing27,3468.9%1.09pub.
22Utilities1,6200.5%0.93est. · 0.96
42Wholesale Trade8,4582.7%0.71pub.
44-45Retail Trade35,32711.5%1.16pub.
48-49Transportation and Warehousing8,5132.8%0.57est. · 0.99
51Information4,6571.5%0.79est. · 0.96
52Finance and Insurance8,4452.7%0.67est. · 1.00
53Real Estate and Rental and Leasing2,9430.9%0.61est. · 1.00
54Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services17,5655.7%0.82est. · 1.00
55Management of Companies and Enterprises1,9240.6%0.37pub.
56Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services13,5694.4%0.75est. · 1.00
61Educational Services39,20112.7%1.49est. · 1.00
62Health Care and Social Assistance55,40118.0%1.12est. · 1.00
71Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation5,6561.8%0.94est. · 0.97
72Accommodation and Food Services30,0839.8%1.07est. · 1.00
81Other Services (except Public Administration)8,8702.9%0.95est. · 0.99
92Public Administration16,7945.5%1.08est. · 0.99

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
2025308,14733,558$67,164 0.3%pub.
2024309,13832,245$64,466 0.7%pub.
2023306,97131,380$61,813 1.9%pub.
2022301,27129,980$59,603 3.3%pub.
2021291,66327,902$56,296 2.9%pub.
2020283,50626,324$54,084 8.7%pub.
2019310,61125,970$49,337 0.1%pub.
2018310,33525,661$47,639 0.3%pub.
2017309,44225,525$46,186 0.4%pub.
2016308,04425,042$45,030 0.3%pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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Every industry in Vermont, quarterly, at full depth

This page shows Vermont annually, by sector. A free account shows Vermont and every other state at full industry and occupation depth, quarterly, with projections to ten years. No card.