Vermont’s unemployment rate is down.
The Department of Labor says the unemployment rate dropped in March to 3.3%.
The unemployment rates for Vermont’s 17 labor markets went from a low of 2.2% in Hartford to a high of 6.6% in Newport.
A year ago, the unemployment rate was 3.5%.
Labor Commissioner Patricia McDonald says the job performance in the leisure and hospitality sector was disappointing and held down steady job growth.
Bad weather cost the leisure and hospitality industry about 600 jobs.