Unemployment rate stays at 3.1 percent

Vermont’s unemployment rate stayed flat in May, after preliminary data in April showed the rate’s first uptick since 2009.
The unemployment rate remains at 3.1 percent in May, compared to a nationwide unemployment rate of 4.3 percent.
Vermont is tied with Wisconsin and Iowa for the eighth-lowest unemployment rate in the country, behind Colorado (2.3 percent), North Dakota (2.5 percent), Hawaii (2.7 percent), New Hampshire (2.9 percent) and, South Dakota (2.9 percent).
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