MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8 percent last month.
The figures released Friday reflect a decline of one-tenth of one percentage point from the revised November rate.
The December figure compares to an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent in December 2016.
The statistics found that the Burlington-South Burlington Metropolitan was tied for the ninth lowest unemployment rate in the country. Overall, Vermont’s unemployment rate was tied for the fifth lowest in the country.
Unemployment rates for Vermont 17 labor market areas ranged from 1.9 percent in the Burlington-South Burlington area to 4.7 percent in Derby.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.