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Follow VPR's coverage of Vermont Yankee, from the archive and continuing through the plant's planned closure in 2014.Most Recent Reporting | From The Archive

Unemployment Down To 3.4 Percent In January

Vermont’s started the year with a dip in unemployment, down to 3.4 percent in January from December’s rate of 3.5 percent, the state Department of Labor announced Monday.

The state’s unemployment rate remains tied at seventh-lowest in the nation, according to the labor department.

According to seasonally adjusted data, the state gained 2,700 jobs in January, with much of that growth in construction and professional services jobs.

Regionally, the labor department reports that the lowest unemployment is in the White River Junction labor market (3 percent unemployment, not seasonally adjusted) and the highest is north of there in Derby (7.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted).

The news comes after Entergy last week filed official notice that the company is planning 97 layoffs in May at the shuttered Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

Taylor was VPR's digital reporter from 2013 until 2017. After growing up in Vermont, he graduated with at BA in Journalism from Northeastern University in 2013.
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