Strada Education Foundation

Vermont Labor Market Overview

A guided look at Vermont’s labor market and how VSCS credential production sits against it. Pick a topic to jump in; the sidebar lists every question within that topic.

Jobs, 2025
326,582
796 occupations
Employed Vermonters
335,775
2025, monthly average
Annual openings
48,893
2021-2025
VSCS completions
1,983
2024, 149 programs

Employment

Which industries and occupational families employ Vermonters, and what each pays.

Wage quality

How pay compares with a self-sufficiency benchmark, by occupation and by worker.

Demand & growth

Where openings, advertised demand and projected growth concentrate.

Pathways

What each rung of the credential ladder pays, and which credentials open a door.

Opportunities

Occupations scoring highest on scale, growth, demand and pay — and which VSCS could act on.

VSCS alignment

VSCS credential production set against Vermont occupational demand.

Regions

How attainment, earnings and the local cost floor differ across the 14 counties.

About

What this covers, where the numbers come from, and how to drive it.

Methods

Sources, what each measure means, and the rules applied to the data.