Maine Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 454,000 | - | 6.2 | - |
| 1979 | 463,000 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 1.0 |
| 1980 | 468,000 | 1.1 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| 1981 | 472,000 | 0.9 | 7.3 | -0.4 |
| 1982 | 472,000 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 489,000 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 0.4 |
| 1984 | 517,000 | 5.7 | 6.2 | -2.8 |
| 1985 | 523,000 | 1.2 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| 1986 | 531,000 | 1.5 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| 1987 | 561,000 | 5.6 | 4.4 | -0.9 |
| 1988 | 575,000 | 2.5 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| 1989 | 590,000 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 0.4 |
| 1990 | 601,778 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 593,398 | -1.4 | 7.6 | 2.4 |
| 1992 | 603,803 | 1.8 | 7.2 | -0.4 |
| 1993 | 582,047 | -3.6 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| 1994 | 569,027 | -2.2 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
| 1995 | 601,565 | 5.7 | 5.8 | -1.5 |
| 1996 | 617,479 | 2.6 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| 1997 | 624,410 | 1.1 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| 1998 | 627,920 | 0.6 | 4.5 | -0.6 |
| 1999 | 641,351 | 2.1 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | 650,385 | 1.4 | 3.3 | -0.7 |
| 2001 | 650,699 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 650,943 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 650,458 | -0.1 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| 2004 | 655,131 | 0.7 | 4.6 | -0.4 |
| 2005 | 662,023 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| 2006 | 670,700 | 1.3 | 4.6 | -0.2 |
| 2007 | 671,337 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 578,060 | 4.6 | 7.3 | -2.4 |
| Feb | 582,002 | 5.9 | 7.1 | -3.0 |
| Mar | 586,132 | 5.8 | 6.7 | -3.0 |
| Apr | 588,929 | 6.0 | 6.6 | -2.2 |
| May | 599,134 | 6.0 | 5.6 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 613,090 | 5.9 | 5.6 | -1.3 |
| Jul | 621,304 | 5.3 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 623,706 | 6.2 | 4.8 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 609,419 | 6.0 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 612,717 | 6.5 | 4.9 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 603,485 | 5.9 | 5.6 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 600,800 | 4.8 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| 1996-Jan | 589,494 | 2.0 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 593,669 | 2.0 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 599,522 | 2.3 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 602,788 | 2.4 | 5.9 | -0.7 |
| May | 613,631 | 2.4 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 629,228 | 2.6 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 640,452 | 3.1 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 642,799 | 3.1 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 627,534 | 3.0 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 629,732 | 2.8 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 621,720 | 3.0 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 619,183 | 3.1 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| 1997-Jan | 606,004 | 2.8 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 606,027 | 2.1 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 612,943 | 2.2 | 6.3 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 614,813 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 625,218 | 1.9 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 637,349 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 646,245 | 0.9 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 646,556 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 629,005 | 0.2 | 4.1 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 628,920 | -0.1 | 4.3 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 621,124 | -0.1 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 618,714 | -0.1 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| 1998-Jan | 604,547 | -0.2 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 607,611 | 0.3 | 5.7 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 611,595 | -0.2 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 615,712 | 0.1 | 4.6 | -1.3 |
| May | 626,371 | 0.2 | 4.0 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 638,486 | 0.2 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 646,322 | 0.0 | 4.1 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 648,292 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 634,670 | 0.9 | 3.7 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 637,560 | 1.4 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 631,980 | 1.7 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 631,898 | 2.1 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| 1999-Jan | 619,580 | 2.5 | 4.9 | -1.3 |
| Feb | 621,151 | 2.2 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 625,980 | 2.4 | 4.6 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 628,321 | 2.0 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| May | 638,098 | 1.9 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 652,196 | 2.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 660,541 | 2.2 | 3.6 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 662,213 | 2.1 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 648,613 | 2.2 | 3.1 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 652,740 | 2.4 | 3.3 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 643,127 | 1.8 | 3.7 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 643,652 | 1.9 | 3.7 | -0.3 |
| 2000-Jan | 635,656 | 2.6 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 637,452 | 2.6 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 641,072 | 2.4 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 644,994 | 2.7 | 3.5 | -0.7 |
| May | 650,791 | 2.0 | 3.1 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 663,999 | 1.8 | 3.0 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 668,535 | 1.2 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 668,408 | 0.9 | 2.5 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 651,301 | 0.4 | 2.6 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 651,449 | -0.2 | 2.8 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 644,856 | 0.3 | 3.1 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 646,107 | 0.4 | 3.0 | -0.7 |
| 2001-Jan | 636,146 | 0.1 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 636,063 | -0.2 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 639,608 | -0.2 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 642,179 | -0.4 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| May | 650,258 | -0.1 | 3.5 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 663,618 | -0.1 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 670,939 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 668,157 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 656,266 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 655,610 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 645,903 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 643,635 | -0.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| 2002-Jan | 628,380 | -1.2 | 5.0 | 1.1 |
| Feb | 633,823 | -0.4 | 4.9 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 636,277 | -0.5 | 4.9 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 639,974 | -0.3 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| May | 649,664 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 662,244 | -0.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 670,122 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 672,608 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 660,537 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 660,970 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 648,580 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 648,136 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
| 2003-Jan | 634,842 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 635,576 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 637,863 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 641,462 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.7 |
| May | 647,622 | -0.3 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 660,105 | -0.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 666,170 | -0.6 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 669,306 | -0.5 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 654,739 | -0.9 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 657,930 | -0.5 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 650,726 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 649,155 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 639,813 | 0.8 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 639,766 | 0.7 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 641,105 | 0.5 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 645,366 | 0.6 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| May | 652,690 | 0.8 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 665,578 | 0.8 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 673,839 | 1.2 | 4.2 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 675,387 | 0.9 | 3.8 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 658,860 | 0.6 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 661,815 | 0.6 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 654,954 | 0.6 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 652,403 | 0.5 | 4.6 | -0.1 |
| 2005-Jan | 641,262 | 0.2 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 640,873 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 643,946 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 651,461 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| May | 659,991 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 672,880 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 682,072 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 684,732 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 669,289 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 672,534 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 662,955 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 662,280 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| 2006-Jan | 651,743 | 1.6 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 651,563 | 1.7 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 656,018 | 1.9 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 660,731 | 1.4 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
| May | 667,599 | 1.2 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 681,279 | 1.2 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 687,157 | 0.7 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 691,470 | 1.0 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 675,811 | 1.0 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 680,212 | 1.1 | 4.2 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 672,228 | 1.4 | 4.6 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 672,587 | 1.6 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| 2007-Jan | 660,196 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 657,302 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 661,400 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 661,241 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| May | 668,468 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 682,598 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 689,086 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 688,266 | -0.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 674,833 | -0.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 676,115 | -0.6 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 670,156 | -0.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 666,380 | -0.9 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
| 2008-Jan | 659,149 | -0.2 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 656,515 | -0.1 | 5.7 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 659,323 | -0.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 665,503 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 668,901 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 684,812 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 693,084 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 692,542 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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