Featured Research

Annual Workforce Report: Workforce Trends in Maine Through 2024

In the ten years through 2024, the economy expanded, job growth moderated, and unemployment remained low, except for the disruptive period brought on by the 2020 pandemic and subsequent recovery. Wage and income measures improved and the earnings differential by educational attainment decreased somewhat. These and other trends are demonstrated on a statewide basis, with supplementary snapshots for each county through a series of charts.

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Unemployment and Labor Force

The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed. It represents age 16+ residents of an area. Unemployed are those both seeking and available for work. Other jobless people are not in the labor force.

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Jobs and Wages

Represents wage and salary jobs held with employers located in an area.

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Career Exploration

Resources for career exploration and planning. Includes a broad overview of various types of jobs, and a tool to examine wages, number of jobs, and projected job openings in hundreds of occupations by education level and region of the state.  

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Education and Training Outcomes

Information on employment and wage outcomes of graduates from a participating post-secondary institutions and from apprenticeship programs.

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Job Outlook

Jobs today differ from in the past and will differ in the future. Projections of occupational job openings are a tool for career exploration and planning.