Chittenden County · Vermont
Burlington, VT jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Burlington, VT earn a median of $24,972 a year, 44% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.6% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 33.9% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $24,972#94 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 64.2%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 24,758Civilian employed, age 16+
What Burlington does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance33.9%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food14.7%
- Professional, scientific & management12.7%
- Retail trade10.7%
- Manufacturing8.4%
- Public administration4.1%
- Finance, insurance & real estate4%
- Other services, except public administration3.5%
- Construction2.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities2.1%
- Information1.8%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining1.4%
- Wholesale trade0.6%
Related data for Burlington
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.