Pawlet is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, United States.

The CDP is in southwestern Rutland County, at the geographic center of the town of Pawlet.

It sits on the west side of the Taconic Mountains, in the valley of the Mettawee River, a northwest-flowing tributary of Lake Champlain.

Vermont Route 30 passes through the village, leading north 7 miles (11 km) to Wells and southeast 8 miles (13 km) to Dorset.

Vermont Route 133 has its southern terminus at Route 30 in Pawlet; it leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Middletown Springs.