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Maine: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Maine from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20263.3%#12 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20253.4%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025709.1K+0.4% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025685.3K23,767 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	3.4%	709,094	685,327	23,767
2024	3.0%	706,563	685,347	21,216
2023	2.6%	694,353	675,978	18,375
2022	2.8%	684,691	665,246	19,445
2021	4.7%	689,846	657,735	32,111
2020	5.1%	672,023	638,081	33,942
2019	2.9%	697,749	677,602	20,147
2018	3.2%	700,133	677,922	22,211
2017	3.4%	701,977	678,075	23,902
2016	3.8%	696,274	669,856	26,418
2015	4.4%	689,970	659,502	30,468
2014	5.6%	699,956	660,833	39,123
2013	6.7%	705,845	658,640	47,205
2012	7.2%	702,134	651,499	50,635
2011	7.8%	700,374	646,030	54,344
2010	8.4%	699,120	640,480	58,640
2009	8.3%	701,233	642,949	58,284
2008	5.4%	705,690	667,847	37,843
2007	4.7%	703,522	670,451	33,071
2006	4.7%	703,976	670,942	33,034
2005	4.9%	697,994	663,722	34,272
2004	4.7%	688,058	656,004	32,054
2003	5.1%	686,675	651,581	35,094
2002	4.4%	679,467	649,451	30,016
2001	3.8%	675,811	650,462	25,349
2000	3.3%	677,839	655,428	22,411
1999	4.0%	668,165	641,613	26,552
1998	4.5%	654,798	625,461	29,337
1997	5.2%	657,625	623,506	34,119
1996	5.3%	654,176	619,380	34,796
1995	5.9%	638,769	601,191	37,578
1994	6.6%	626,574	585,266	41,308
1993	6.8%	629,764	586,983	42,781
1992	7.4%	641,044	593,907	47,137
1991	7.8%	640,175	590,450	49,725
1990	5.3%	630,793	597,214	33,579
1989	4.0%	612,549	588,090	24,459
1988	3.6%	597,634	575,843	21,791
1987	4.3%	585,028	559,643	25,385
1986	5.3%	565,507	535,652	29,855
1985	5.6%	554,785	523,783	31,002
1984	6.1%	547,928	514,342	33,586
1983	8.3%	534,304	490,216	44,088
1982	8.5%	520,759	476,427	44,332
1981	7.3%	512,249	475,092	37,157
1980	7.5%	506,346	468,566	37,780
1979	6.6%	498,906	465,875	33,031
1978	6.4%	485,432	454,300	31,132
1977	8.4%	480,599	440,348	40,251
1976	8.6%	476,111	434,945	41,166

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.