How many job openings are there in Vermont?
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About 17,000, as of February 2025. This was the same number of job openings as February 2024. A “job opening” is defined as a position open on the last business day of the month. To be considered “open,” a job must meet three conditions: (1) There’s work available for the position; (2) The job could start within 30 days; and (3) The employer is actively recruiting.
17K
job openings in Vermont (February 2025)
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change in unfilled jobs in Vermont in February 2025 than in February 2024
The number of job openings is one measure of employer demand for workers and is a commonly referred-to economic indicator. An increase in the number of job openings often indicates the economy is growing, while a decline may indicate slowed growth.
The number of job openings in Vermont has stayed the same compared to last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted) in Vermont, December 2000–February 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in Vermont increased from 8,000 in January 2010 to 16,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had decreased to 13,000. Job openings in Vermont then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In February 2025, there were 17,000 job openings, the same as one year prior.
The job openings rate is another way to consider this data. It tells us what percentage of all jobs, filled and unfilled, were open during a given time period. This allows for better comparisons across time, industries, and places by adjusting for differences in the size of the working population.
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A higher share of jobs were open in Vermont than in the US overall in February.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), February 2025
In February 2025, 5.1% of all jobs in Vermont were unfilled. This was 0.6 percentage points higher than the job openings rate US-wide.
Job openings also differ across states and regions for many reasons, including differing economies and dominating industries. Vermont’s February job openings rate was higher than 33 states.
In February 2025, Vermont's job openings rate was higher than 33 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, February 2025
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USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.
The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.
