Sell plastic pallets in Vermont
Vermont had 1,057 warehousing jobs in 2025, 48th among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is dairy product manufacturing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
Vermont in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 1,057 (48th of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 42 (47th of 50); about 25 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 0.06%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 5,348 (45th of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- dairy product manufacturing, 6.7x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 480
- Auto parts jobs
- 299
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 5 million cubic feet (35th of 50)
Reading a Vermont lot
Vermont ranks 48th for warehousing jobs and 47th for establishments. It is one of the smaller warehousing states, so a lot here is rarely one of many on the same road. The average warehouse employs about 25 people, against 82 across the fifty states. Smaller sites mean smaller stacks, so the count matters more than the size of the site.
Vermont has 5.1 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. Food plants carry more weight here than the warehouses beside them, so expect hygienic decks and rotated stock. Among the other industries counted here, pharmaceutical manufacturing (480 jobs) is 1.6 times the size of auto parts (299).
Franklin County holds 32.4% of Vermont's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 55.8%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. None of the metros in the dossier sits inside Vermont, so a lot is read by its ZIP.
USDA counted 5 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in Vermont, 35th of 50 and about 4,730 cubic feet for each warehousing job, against 2,254 across the states it reports. Cold storage is a bigger part of the picture here, so expect cold-chain lots: decks that tolerate cold and moisture, and questions about washdown.
Where Vermont's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 342 | 32.4% |
| Chittenden | 227 | 21.5% |
| Windham | 21 | 2.0% |
What Vermont's industries put on the dock
- Dairy product manufacturing: 2,148 jobs, 2025
- Food manufacturing: 5,348 jobs, 2025
Vermont's most concentrated industry is dairy product manufacturing, at 6.7 times the national share of employment. See how lots from dairy plants read.
Where Vermont sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | Vermont | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 48th: 1,057 | Hawaii, 1,298 (+241) | Alaska, 587 (-470) |
| Warehousing establishments | 47th: 42 | South Dakota, 42 (+0) | Rhode Island, 40 (-2) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 45th: 5,348 | North Dakota, 5,564 (+216) | Rhode Island, 3,769 (-1,579) |
States next to Vermont
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 55,371 | Onondaga (6,329) | 60,316 | food manufacturing |
| New Hampshire | 3,283 | Rockingham (1,838) | 2,774 | plastics product manufacturing |
| Massachusetts | 20,695 | Essex (5,323) | 29,036 | refrigerated warehousing |
Vermont has fewer warehousing jobs than each of these. The largest of them, New York, has 52 times Vermont's 1,057. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
More on Vermont from the sources
- States where dairy product manufacturing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Wisconsin (1.1%), Vermont (0.8%), Idaho (0.7%), South Dakota (0.4%), Iowa (0.3%); the national share is 0.13%. (data.bls.gov)
Other pallet-using industries counted in Vermont
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 480 | 0.5 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 299 | 0.3 to 1 |
Sending a lot from Vermont
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a clean rotated stock, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does Vermont have?
1,057 private-sector jobs across 42 establishments in 2025, 0.06% of the US total, which ranks Vermont 48th of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from Vermont?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in Vermont. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which Vermont industry is most concentrated?
Dairy product manufacturing, at 6.7 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Words you will meet
- Heat treated (HT)
- ISPM 15 treatment for wood: core at 56 C for 30 minutes. Not needed for plastic.
- Rotational moulding
- Resin heated in a rotating mould to make a hollow jointless part.
- GMA pallet
- The 48 x 40 in North American standard footprint.
- HDPE
- High-density polyethylene, resin code 2. The most common resin in plastic pallets; tough and moisture resistant.
- Cruciform base
- Bottom with a cross-shaped member as well as a perimeter, for strength and automated handling.
- Multi-trip pallet
- A pallet designed to be returned and reused many times.
- FM 4996
- FM Approvals standard that rates a pallet as equal to wood in fire tests.
- Structural foam
- Low-pressure moulding where a blowing agent expands the resin in the mould.
- Compression moulding
- Moulding by pressing resin in a closed mould; one of six processes in use.
- CP9
- A chemical-industry pallet standard, 1140 x 1140 mm.
- Euro pallet
- 800 x 1200 mm footprint.
- PP
- Polypropylene. More rigid than HDPE and better with heat and harsh chemicals; used where rack stiffness matters.
- Nest ratio
- How many empty pallets fit in the height of one.
- ISPM 15
- The international standard for treating wood packaging against pests. Plastic pallets are outside it.
- UL 2335
- UL fire-test standard for storage pallets, with an idle pallet test and a commodity storage test.
- Thermoforming
- Heated plastic sheet formed over a mould; lighter pallets.
Who asks, and what they need
- Plants changing packaging or pallet size
- Retire a whole stock of one footprint at once; want it sold or ground up, not landfilled.
- Pharmaceutical and healthcare shippers
- Hygienic pallets that can be sanitised; documents on resin and colour; PP sometimes preferred for sterilisation.
- Automotive plants and suppliers
- 48 x 45 pallets that match bulk containers; closed-loop reuse; heavy dynamic and static loads.
What the sources say
- States where dairy product manufacturing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Wisconsin (1.1%), Vermont (0.8%), Idaho (0.7%), South Dakota (0.4%), Iowa (0.3%); the national share is 0.13%. (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 168,222 jobs across 2,809 establishments in dairy product manufacturing (NAICS 3115) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Wisconsin (28,840), California (18,374), New York (11,603), Ohio (8,963), Texas (7,529). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private dairy product manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3115) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (3,238), Los Angeles County, California (3,204), Franklin County, Ohio (2,930), Tulare County, California (2,916), Dodge County, Wisconsin (2,659), Marathon County, Wisconsin (2,535). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 350,886 jobs across 7,786 establishments in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (42,575), New Jersey (30,062), North Carolina (26,998), New York (25,087), Illinois (24,257). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,775,008 jobs across 42,763 establishments in food manufacturing (NAICS 311) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (166,660), Texas (112,088), Illinois (98,300), Pennsylvania (82,538), Wisconsin (81,993). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 575,006 jobs across 12,344 establishments in plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Ohio (42,286), Texas (40,945), California (35,933), Pennsylvania (34,094), Indiana (33,122). (data.bls.gov)
- USDA NASS counted 931 refrigerated warehouses on October 1, 2025: 476 public and 455 private or semiprivate. Public warehouses held 2.46 billion gross cubic feet, 62 percent of the total. (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
- Counties with the most private pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3254) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Lake County, Illinois (16,883), Marion County, Indiana (16,292), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (11,878), Suffolk County, New York (10,760), Los Angeles County, California (8,300), San Diego County, California (8,028). (data.bls.gov)
- Counties with the most private motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3363) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Wayne County, Michigan (20,888), Macomb County, Michigan (20,279), Oakland County, Michigan (16,970), Kent County, Michigan (8,688), Spartanburg County, South Carolina (6,496), Cook County, Illinois (6,273). (data.bls.gov)
- States where food manufacturing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Nebraska (4.9%), Arkansas (4.7%), Iowa (4.6%), Alaska (3.4%), Wisconsin (3.2%); the national share is 1.33%. (data.bls.gov)
- Plastic pallets are often described as lasting 100 trips or more, and can cost roughly 10 times as much as hardwood pallets. (en.wikipedia.org)
- Nestable pallets can cut empty-pallet storage space by up to 75 percent. (blog.containerexchanger.com)
- North American plastic pallets in the common sizes are about 5 to 6 in tall. (blog.containerexchanger.com)
- 48 x 48 plastic pallets hold four 55-gallon drums without overhang; 48 x 45 matches North American auto parts bulk containers. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,901,976 jobs across 23,345 establishments in warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (236,923), Texas (175,579), Pennsylvania (123,481), Florida (105,401), Ohio (98,354). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 73,136 jobs across 1,811 establishments in refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (9,969), Texas (6,638), New Jersey (5,388), Georgia (4,453), Pennsylvania (4,102). (data.bls.gov)
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