Best jobs in Vermont
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Vermont, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Vermont (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Vermont pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$434,730 vs $248,560 · +74.9%
$438,530 vs $414,010 · +5.9%
$41,600 vs $35,800 · +16.2%
$134,740 vs $132,300 · +1.8%
$434,780 vs $391,490 · +11.1%
$430,820 vs $335,550 · +28.4%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 527 scored occupations — show all 527show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
113
$48,920
-1.6%
34
142
$77,530
+3.1%
31
151
$76,840
+0.3%
30
194
$95,900
+1.9%
26
203
$60,410
+3.7%
25
241
$51,510
+6.3%
23
270
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$48,830
+4.6%
21
325
$66,810
+2.3%
19
413
$52,340
+2.0%
15
423
$59,220
+1.2%
15
449
$62,500
-13.7%
14
468
$53,570
-4.3%
13
473
$50,640
-12.0%
12
507
$44,530
-3.8%
10
514
$43,560
-12.1%
10
Live jobs in Vermont
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.