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Vermont’s unemployment rate ticked up again in December. Since July, the number of unemployed Vermonters rose from 6,300 to more than 7,700.
That’s probably good news. Unemployment is a count of people actively seeking work. The increase could signal that Vermonters have grown more hopeful about finding a job.
In fact, during the same period, the number of people with jobs also rose steadily. So did the labor force—that is, working-age people either working or looking for work. In November, employers reported that they had 19,000 job openings.
