May unemployment in Vermont

Vermont is one of just two states that emerged from last month without an increase in unemployment. Labor Commissioner Patricia Moulton Powden says May was the second month in a row where job and employment losses stayed level, after the job losses of fourth quarter 2008 and early 2009. Vermont’s rate held at 7.3 percent. Nebraska was the only other state that didn't report rises in joblessness. Vermont’s construction industry grew by 2.3 percent. There was some bad news mixed with the good - Rutland had the highest May unemployment rate. The stat's biggest job losses were in manufacturing and the leisure and hospitality sector.