New England Information Office

Portland

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Portland, ME, Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2022
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Portland-South Portland - May 2020	Employment	News Release	Sep 2021

Portland-South Portland, ME Economy at a Glance:

Portland-South Portland, ME

Data Series	Back Data	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021	Nov 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		205.2	210.5	210.3	205.7	205.4	(p)203.0
Employment(1)		195.7	201.1	202.1	198.5	198.0	(p)195.4
Unemployment(1)		9.5	9.4	8.2	7.2	7.3	(p)7.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.6	4.5	3.9	3.5	3.6	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		210.0	212.6	213.1	207.5	208.0	(p)205.2
12-month % change		10.0	8.2	6.7	3.2	3.1	(p)2.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		10.7	10.9	10.7	10.7	10.6	(p)10.5
12-month % change		3.9	4.8	1.9	3.9	2.9	(p)1.9
Manufacturing(3)		14.9	15.0	15.2	15.1	15.3	(p)15.1
12-month % change		8.8	7.9	7.8	6.3	7.0	(p)4.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		37.3	37.1	37.6	36.9	37.7	(p)38.4
12-month % change		8.1	4.2	3.3	2.8	3.0	(p)3.2
Information(3)		3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	(p)3.0
12-month % change		3.4	7.1	3.4	3.4	3.4	(p)3.4
Financial Activities(3)		17.1	17.0	16.8	16.5	16.6	(p)16.6
12-month % change		0.6	-1.2	-2.9	-3.5	-2.4	(p)-1.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		30.7	31.2	30.9	30.8	30.9	(p)31.1
12-month % change		8.5	8.0	5.8	6.6	5.5	(p)6.9
Education and Health Services(3)		42.3	42.0	43.1	42.6	43.0	(p)42.7
12-month % change		6.0	3.7	5.1	1.4	0.7	(p)-0.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		24.1	27.9	27.8	21.6	20.0	(p)16.7
12-month % change		52.5	43.1	34.3	8.0	8.1	(p)5.7
Other Services(3)		7.6	8.0	7.9	7.6	7.7	(p)7.7
12-month % change		13.4	14.3	11.3	7.0	8.5	(p)8.5
Government(3)		22.3	20.5	20.1	22.7	23.2	(p)23.4
12-month % change		2.3	-1.0	-2.0	0.0	0.4	(p)-0.4
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