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Portland

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Portland, ME, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2017
New England - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2017

Portland-South Portland, ME Economy at a Glance:

Portland-South Portland, ME
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)202.2 203.7 202.9 205.3 (p)205.2  

Employment(1)

 (r)196.9 197.6 197.1 199.9 (p)200.0  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)5.3 6.1 5.9 5.4 (p)5.1  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)2.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 (p)2.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 201.8 197.9 196.7 198.1 200.1 (p)204.8

12-month % change

 1.1 2.1 1.4 1.9 1.2 (p)1.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.6 9.7 (p)9.8

12-month % change

 8.8 9.3 9.4 12.9 6.6 (p)4.3

Manufacturing(3)

 13.2 12.9 12.9 12.9 13.0 (p)13.1

12-month % change

 2.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 40.8 39.7 38.5 38.4 38.5 (p)39.0

12-month % change

 -2.4 1.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.8 (p)-1.5

Information(3)

 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 -3.2 -6.3 -6.3 -6.3 -3.2 (p)-6.3

Financial Activities(3)

 15.5 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.4 (p)15.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 (p)0.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 27.4 27.1 27.2 27.1 26.9 (p)27.6

12-month % change

 0.0 1.1 1.9 1.5 -0.7 (p)0.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 40.9 40.8 40.9 41.3 41.7 (p)41.6

12-month % change

 4.3 4.6 3.8 4.3 4.8 (p)4.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 19.9 19.0 18.5 19.2 20.5 (p)23.5

12-month % change

 -2.0 -1.0 -3.6 -2.0 -3.3 (p)-1.3

Other Services(3)

 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 (p)7.1

12-month % change

 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 (p)1.4

Government(3)

 24.2 23.8 24.2 24.4 24.4 (p)24.6

12-month % change

 3.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 (p)2.9

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
(r) Revised