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Maine jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Maine’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. 776 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 8 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Maine economy

  • 3.3%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 696,710

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,377,400

    people in Maine

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,773

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Maine outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 2.7% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+10,255 jobs), hotels & food (+3,303 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−2,620 jobs), finance & insurance (−2,331 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Maine. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Maine layoffs

  • 8

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 279

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 8

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Maine, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
ApplegreenCumberland Center23—State record
Count & Crush LLCBiddeford54—State record
Host International, Inc.Portland102—State record
SP+ ParkingPortland100—State record
Gathr Outdoors dba Pride Manufacturing Co LLCGuilford——State record
SMBC-Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationNew York——State record
Pride Manufacturing -gathr OutdoorsBurnham——State record
Charter CommunicationsPortland——State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Maine

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. WEX48 open roles
  2. Idexx Laboratories Inc /De33 open roles
  3. University of Maine System32 open roles
  4. University of Maine31 open roles
  5. State of Maine24 open roles
  6. Pro Search Maine20 open roles
  7. BerryDunn19 open roles
  8. Springborn Staffing14 open roles
  9. Bangor Savings Bank11 open roles
  10. United States Fleet Forces Command11 open roles
  11. Albertsons Companies9 open roles
  12. Versant Power9 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Maine

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Maine

  • 20

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 92,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Maine

Largest colleges in Maine
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of MaineOronoPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Unity Environmental UniversityNew GloucesterPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of New EnglandBiddefordPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Southern MainePortlandPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Bates CollegeLewistonPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswickPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Colby CollegeWatervillePrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Husson UniversityBangorPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Saint Joseph's College of MaineStandishPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Thomas CollegeWatervillePrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Maine at AugustaAugustaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmingtonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

All 20 Maine colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Maine. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Maine? How to file for unemployment in Maine (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

11 American Job Centers in Maine

Job fairs and business events in Maine

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Maine.

Conferences in Maine

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Maine, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

All conferences

Maine counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 16

Maine cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 36

Laid off or looking for work in Maine?

See what to do first, what Maine unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Maine’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Maine unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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