New England Information Office

Bangor

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemployment
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023

Bangor, ME Economy at a Glance:

Bangor, ME

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		68.1	69.2	70.0	69.4	(p)69.6	(p)69.0
Employment(1)		66.1	67.1	67.7	67.2	(p)67.4	(p)67.3
Unemployment(1)		2.0	2.1	2.3	2.2	(p)2.2	(p)1.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.9	3.1	3.3	3.2	(p)3.1	(p)2.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		67.7	69.3	69.5	69.6	69.2	(p)67.6
12-month % change		3.7	3.0	2.2	2.5	3.6	(p)3.7
Mining and Logging(3)		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	(p)0.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	(p)3.3
12-month % change		5.6	2.8	2.8	5.7	2.9	(p)3.1
Manufacturing(3)		2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.5
12-month % change		4.2	4.0	4.0	8.3	8.3	(p)8.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		14.2	14.2	14.4	14.7	15.1	(p)14.4
12-month % change		3.6	2.2	1.4	1.4	2.0	(p)2.1
Information(3)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
12-month % change		4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)4.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		8.1	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	(p)7.7
12-month % change		5.2	3.9	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)1.3
Education and Health Services(3)		15.5	15.9	16.1	16.1	16.2	(p)16.0
12-month % change		0.6	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.8	(p)4.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		6.8	6.8	6.4	6.1	6.0	(p)5.8
12-month % change		9.7	9.7	1.6	-1.6	-3.2	(p)3.6
Other Services(3)		2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
12-month % change		4.5	9.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)9.5
Government(3)		11.3	12.6	12.8	13.0	12.4	(p)12.4
12-month % change		2.7	1.6	2.4	3.2	8.8	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary