HARDWICK – 2024 Employment in Northern Vermont outside the Burlington metropolitan area is estimated at 89,320, according to the Vermont Department of Labor. That approaches a 2018 employment estimate for 2030, which projected the area’s employment at 89,976.
The mean hourly wage was $30.82, equating at an annual salary of 64,100.
The top five professions are listed as being office and administrative positions, educational and library employees, management workers, food preparation and serving professions, followed by sales jobs.
On Thursday, April 24, the Vermont JobLink website showed eight job listings for available positions within five miles of Hardwick, 14 within 10 miles and 2,843 within 25 miles. Most of those between 10 and 25 miles are in the Barre or Montpelier area and many are jobs with the State of Vermont.
Within five miles of Hardwick, a number of retail positions are available, including several at Jiffy Mart for a food service supervisor and associate, with undisclosed salaries, and one for a retail position at $16 per hour with a company that supplies employees to retail stores.
A position for an automotive technician at Greensboro Garage with five years of experience and a high school diploma was listed as paying $20 to $28 per hour. Several positions were shown for traffic control flaggers with a company out of Miton paying $21 to $25 per hour, with or without a high school diploma.
Within 10 miles nursing and healthcare security positions appear along with three for farm workers that are paying from $17.80 to $18.83 per hour. Some of that work is in apple orchards and a maple sugaring operation.
Farther afield, but within 25 miles, 171 are open paying $20 or more, including electricians, bookkeepers, medical technicians, teachers, therapists and one for a pasty baker.
Just six positions paying over $75 per hour are open within 25 miles of Hardwick at UVM Medical Center facilities in Berlin and Barre for pharmacists paying $55.06 to $82.60 per hour, and for a primary care physician at $264.000 per year.
Current details of open positions can be searched for and found at VermontJobLink.com
Positions with the State of Vermont, including seasonal opportunities at state parks and with the Agency of Transportation can be found at careers.vermont.gov
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
