Employment Snapshot - Burlington-South Burlington, VT July-2022

Weller Emmons

VP of Analytics and Finance at Mployer Advisor. He is passionate about leveraging data to provide industry leading insights for Mployer Advisor’s clients. Prior to joining Mployer Advisor, Emmons served as a healthcare provider strategy consultant for Knowledge Capital Group and as an internal strategy consultant at HCA Healthcare. Emmons earned his MBA and BE in Biomedical Engineering, both from Vanderbilt University.

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Overall unemployment rate moved down to 1.7% with the biggest shift in Government, which lost 800 roles, based on the most recently available information published in August 2022.

Total employment in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT market rose by 1,388 jobs in July and the unemployment rate decreased compared to the prior month by 50 bps to 1.7%. The national unemployment rate decreased by 5 bps over the same time to 3.8%.

Burlington-South Burlington, VT unemployment rate is 208 bps below the national rate which is a positive sign.
Unemployment in the market is 120 bps below the unemployment rate in the market last year at this time, which is a positive.
Average wages (per hour) grew in July versus prior month by 8.2% and are down compared to last year at this time in the market.

Month over Month Unemployment Change

Year over Year Unemployment Change

Burlington-South Burlington, VT Unemployment July 2022

For key employment segments of the market, total jobs declined by -0.4%. Key sectors include:

Education & Healthcare: 21,800; -300
Transportation & Utilities: 21,600; no change
Government: 19,500; -800
Business Services: 15,800; no change
Manufacturing: 12,600; no change
Restaurants & Hotels: 12,300; +400
Construction, Mining: 6,600; +100
Financial Services: 4,500; -100
Other Jobs: 4,100; +200
IT & Development: 2,200; no change

Employment Change by Key Sector

Burlington-South Burlington, VT Unemployment by Industry July 2022

Data is based on the most recent 12 months available, through July 2022 (Data published August 2022 and reports created on September 2, 2022). Source: Government data agency and locally acquired statistics.

Note: All reported data is not seasonally adjusted.

Burlington-South Burlington, VT