Vermont is the 39th Best State for Business 2013

Taxations & Regulations

Workforce Quality

Living Environment

Based on CEO Survey by ChiefExecutive.net

Key Metrics
State GDP % Growth ’10-’11: 0.5 % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): -1.0 Unemployment Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 4.9 Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): -2.9 Domestic Migration Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: -841 Rank: 28 State Government Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 5,585 State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 641.0 State-Local Tax Burden Rate (%): 10.9 Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): 0.99

Key Metrics

State GDP

Unemployment

Domestic Migration

State Government

State-Local Tax Burden

Key Companies
Green Mountain Coffee Casella Waste Central Vermont Public Service Corp.

Development Trend Indicator: Neutral
Business fears new payroll tax to finance state’s outré single-payer health system.

CEO Comments
“Vermont delivers more business uncertainty than the Federal Government. Business faces a single payer Healthcare system in 2014 that provides more uncertainty than Obamacare.”

Sources:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NewGeography.com
The Tax Foundation

J.P. Donlon

J.P. Donlon is Editor Emeritus of Chief Executive magazine.