Essex Junction is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.

Essex Junction is home to GlobalFoundries' Burlington Design Center and 200 mm wafer fabrication plant.

GlobalFoundries is the largest private employer in the state of Vermont, with approximately 3,000 employees.

[6] IBM (now GlobalFoundries), opened a 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) data processing facility here in 1958, employing 500.

[citation needed] In 2003, as a result of the nationally publicized suicide of an Essex Junction teenager, Vermont and other states passed legislation against cyberbullying.

The city is 6 miles (10 km) east of downtown Burlington via Vermont Route 15.

[11] This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters.

[2] The largest industrial facility in Vermont is GlobalFoundries' semiconductor plant in Essex Junction.

Schools in Essex Junction include:[18] Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides daily service via its station in Essex Junction, one of two rail stations in Chittenden County.