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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Portland, ME, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2023
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	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		209.5	209.8	206.7	207.8	206.9	(p)205.2
Employment(1)		204.7	204.6	201.0	201.7	200.9	(p)199.6
Unemployment(1)		4.8	5.2	5.7	6.1	5.9	(p)5.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.3	2.5	2.8	3.0	2.9	(p)2.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		222.7	222.7	219.4	219.8	219.3	(p)216.0
12-month % change		4.0	4.5	4.7	4.9	5.9	(p)(4)5.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		11.3	11.4	11.2	11.1	11.0	(p)10.9
12-month % change		1.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
Manufacturing(3)		15.9	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	(p)16.3
12-month % change		2.6	3.2	4.5	3.8	4.5	(p)4.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		38.9	39.1	38.0	38.5	39.0	(p)39.4
12-month % change		1.6	2.6	3.5	3.8	2.6	(p)1.5
Information(3)		3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	(p)3.3
12-month % change		6.5	3.2	3.2	3.2	6.5	(p)6.5
Financial Activities(3)		17.1	17.1	17.0	17.2	17.1	(p)17.1
12-month % change		-1.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		34.4	34.3	33.5	34.3	35.0	(p)33.7
12-month % change		12.1	12.1	9.8	13.2	14.4	(p)12.7
Education and Health Services(3)		42.3	42.3	42.8	43.2	43.5	(p)43.2
12-month % change		0.2	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.6	(p)1.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		30.1	30.1	27.0	24.7	22.3	(p)20.9
12-month % change		11.1	11.5	16.4	14.4	22.5	(p)18.1
Other Services(3)		8.1	8.1	7.7	7.8	7.9	(p)7.9
12-month % change		5.2	6.6	4.1	4.0	5.3	(p)5.3
Government(3)		21.3	21.1	22.9	23.6	23.9	(p)23.3
12-month % change		0.9	1.4	0.0	0.9	1.3	(p)(4)1.3
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. (4) Correction (p) Preliminary