Oxford County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Oxford County economy

• 3.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.5% the month before

• 25,630

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 58,728

  people in Oxford County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $57,933

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Oxford 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 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.2 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Oxford County

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• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Oxford County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Oxford 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 Oxford 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. Adecco USA1 open role
2. Churchill Downs1 open role
3. Gould Academy1 open role
4. Travel + Leisure1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Oxford 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

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