MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont’s unemployment rate rose in December.
The monthly data from the Department of Labor released Tuesday showed a statewide unemployment rate of 2.2% — up from 2.1% in November.
The December unemployment rates for Vermont’s 17 labor market areas ranged from 1.5% in Woodstock to 3.3% in Derby.
The national unemployment rate held at 3.7% in December,
