Covered Wages by Industry
Average annual and total wages by NAICS industries and areas for wage earners covered by unemployment insurance from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), also known as ES-202.

• Covered Employment Tool
  Lookup annual or quarterly averages for the state and substate areas.
• Year To Date tables
  Monthly, quarterly and annual data by industry for state and substate areas.
• Size Class tables
  state, industry and county areas
• U.S. & New England States
• Vermont & U.S. Average Wage
• Non-Profit Data
• Explanation of Terms   - definitions and how to use and interpret Covered Employment and Wages.   Find out more about QCEW and NAICS.

Hours & Earnings
Estimates of Average Weekly Earnings, Average Weekly Hours and Average Hourly Earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers in selected industries are produced by Current Employment Statistics.

• Monthly Report
• Annual Summary

Earnings by Gender

• Earnings and Jobs by Gender
  Gender specific employment counts and earnings with female share of jobs and earnings ratio. Data is quarterly from 2006 with industry sector detail. Information is based on administrative records from Vermont’s Unemployment Insurance program.
  • Earnings and Jobs by Gender
  Funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. + more
   
• More than Choice? - A Review of the Gender Pay Gap
  More than a Choice? aims to demystify the debate surrounding the gender pay gap and provide key facts about working women to foster a broader, more meaningful conversation regarding pay equity at a state level.
  • Full Report
  • Summary Handout
  
  
• Women, Work and Wages in Vermont
  First in a series of briefs on topics related to women's economic well-being.
  

Wage Rates by Occupation
Find wage rates for a selected occupation at Occupation Profile or download wage data for all occupations at Occupational Employment and Wages.

Wage Distribution
The Vermont Wage Distribution table provides wage rates across all occupations reported at Occupational Employment and Wages.

Logging Wage Survey Report
Vermont, along with New Hampshire and New York, participated in Maine's Northeast Regional Woods Wage Survey in the fall of 2019 to determine prevailing wages paid to pulpwood/logging workers.

• 2020 Report of Pulpwood and Logging Industry wage rates in each of the participating states is available at U.S. Department of Labor, Agricultural Online Wage Library.

Fringe Benefits
The Fringe Benefit Study presents a point-in-time snapshot of benefits currently offered by private employers in Vermont.

• 2019 Fringe Benefit Study
• 2013 Fringe Benefit Study
  • Survey Instrument

Per Capita Personal Income

• U.S. & Vermont Charts | Charts & Data
Estimates from 1929 in current dollars and from 2008 in real dollars.
• County & Metro Areas PDF | XLS
Estimates from 2001 in current dollars, selected years.
• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional page
source of State and Local PCPI press releases and data

U.S. Census

• State and County QuickFacts
  Quick, easy access to facts about people, business and geography in Vermont.
  "Browse data sets for Vermont" in the upper right of Quickfacts contains more tables.
• Income
  A collection of income reports, both annual and decennial, for states as well as the nation.

Equal Pay and other Workplace Laws

These flyers are part of a public information campaign to educate both employers and workers in Vermont about their rights and responsibilities under the new equal pay law, which came into effect January 2014. Vermont workers now have the right to request flexible working arrangements without fear of retaliation. Those intermediate or long-term changes might include working from home, changes in the number of days or hours worked, changes in work arrival or departure times or job-sharing. Employers must discuss and consider such requests at least twice per calendar year. Other information incorporated includes current equal pay laws, how to handle suspected pay discrimination, wage disclosure laws, pregnant worker’s rights, lactation accommodations, anti-retaliation protection, and information concerning family and medical leave.
• Important Workplace Laws Vermont Workers Should Know
• Important Workplace Laws Vermont Employers Should Know
Employers and employees: Use the Business and Professional Women Foundation's Equal Pay Audit to protect your workplace against pay equity violations.

Poverty

• Poverty Reports
  Numerous reports on poverty from Census, including state data.
• Poverty Guidelines
  Guidelines are issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for administrative purposes. Includes an explaination of Thresholds and Guidelines.

Livable Wage

• Basic Needs Budgets Reports
  The Vermont Joint Fiscal Office annually prepares a Basic Needs Budgets and Minimum Wage Report. Each Report contains "Liviable Wages" for six possible family configurations in urban or rural areas with moderate or low cost food plan options.