Franklin County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Franklin County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Franklin County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
13,348
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,145
people in Franklin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,522
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Franklin County 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 0.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.5 points from a year ago

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Franklin County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Franklin County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in Franklin County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems1 open role
Flowers Foods1 open role
MaineHealth1 open role
Michael Page1 open role
University of Maine1 open role
University of Maine at Farmington1 open role
University of Maine System1 open role

Colleges in Franklin County

Colleges in Franklin County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Maine at Farmington	Farmington	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Franklin County. 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).

Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board
Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset

CareerCenter at Wilton
Wilton · Comprehensive · 207-623-7981
Monday and Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm, Wednesday 8:00am-12:00pm

Cities in Franklin County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Maine’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Maine unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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