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Kennebec County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kennebec County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 60 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Kennebec County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.0% the month before

  • 61,561

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 125,614

    people in Kennebec County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $65,062

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 43%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Kennebec County ranks

Where Kennebec County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Kennebec 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.2%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+506 jobs)

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Kennebec County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kennebec 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Kennebec 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.

  1. State of Maine19 open roles
  2. Veterans Health Administration4 open roles
  3. Army National Guard Units3 open roles
  4. Colby College2 open roles
  5. Department of Marine Resources2 open roles
  6. Mainegeneral Health2 open roles
  7. MaineGeneral Health2 open roles
  8. National Coalition of Healthcare Recruiters2 open roles
  9. Air National Guard Units1 open role
  10. Albertsons Companies1 open role

Colleges in Kennebec County

Colleges in Kennebec County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Colby CollegeWatervillePrivate 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

Conferences in Kennebec County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Kennebec County. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

All conferences

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kennebec 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).

Cities in Kennebec 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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