Unemployment rate for Vermont remains unchanged in March

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont’s unemployment rate for March remains unchanged from February, at 2.8 percent.

The unemployment rate for Vermont’s 17 labor market ranged from a low of 2.3 percent in Burlington-South Burlington and White River Junction to 6.1 percent in Derby.

The national rate in March was 4.1 percent.

Vermont Labor Commissioner Lindsay Kurrle says the current numbers hint at the annual transition from winter to summer business activities, with leisure and hospitality industries starting to report some seasonal job declines.