State labor market
Vermont labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Vermont. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Vermont hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Vermont.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Vermont workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
General and operations managers
8,000estimated employmentHome health and personal care aides
7,700estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Vermont figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$97,460/yr Vermont median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$125,280/yr Vermont median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$63,430/yr Vermont median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$78,890/yr Vermont median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$63,070/yr Vermont median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Vermont occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Vermont workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Waiters and waitresses$59,140/yr state median · 4,040 workers+67.9%vs. U.S. $35,230/yr
- Bartenders$45,450/yr state median · 2,080 workers+32.4%vs. U.S. $34,340/yr
- Cooks, institution and cafeteria$46,370/yr state median · 1,330 workers+23.8%vs. U.S. $37,450/yr
- Cooks, restaurant$45,390/yr state median · 2,360 workers+21.4%vs. U.S. $37,390/yr
- Teaching assistants, except postsecondary$43,800/yr state median · 4,960 workers+19.1%vs. U.S. $36,780/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Financial managers$128,690/yr state median · 1,790 workers-22.7%vs. U.S. $166,570/yr
- Project management specialists$80,800/yr state median · 1,190 workers-21.0%vs. U.S. $102,320/yr
- Computer and information systems managers$138,460/yr state median · 1,100 workers-20.9%vs. U.S. $175,140/yr
- Lawyers$127,310/yr state median · 1,330 workers-20.3%vs. U.S. $159,670/yr
- Buyers and purchasing agents$65,330/yr state median · 1,010 workers-15.9%vs. U.S. $77,710/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Vermont
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Vermont. Links marked “Vermont report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Vermont report is available.
512 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.