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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	Sep 2020
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2020

Portland-South Portland, ME Economy at a Glance:

Portland-South Portland, ME

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	Aug 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		206.6	193.8	195.8	200.9	(p)214.3
Employment(1)		200.9	172.0	175.5	187.0	(p)193.2
Unemployment(1)		5.7	21.8	20.3	13.9	(p)21.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.8	11.2	10.4	6.9	(p)9.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		204.4	174.4	179.9	191.2	198.3	(p)200.8
12-month % change		-1.0	-16.4	-15.6	-12.4	-9.4	(p)-8.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		9.3	9.0	9.9	10.4	10.8	(p)10.9
12-month % change		-2.1	-8.2	-4.8	-1.9	0.9	(p)1.9
Manufacturing(3)		14.4	12.8	12.6	12.7	12.9	(p)12.9
12-month % change		2.1	-9.2	-12.5	-13.6	-12.2	(p)-12.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		37.2	33.3	34.1	37.1	38.6	(p)39.1
12-month % change		-0.8	-11.2	-10.5	-4.9	-2.5	(p)-1.3
Information(3)		3.3	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	(p)2.4
12-month % change		0.0	-31.3	-31.3	-28.1	-28.1	(p)-25.0
Financial Activities(3)		16.9	16.3	16.2	16.2	16.3	(p)16.4
12-month % change		1.2	-2.4	-4.7	-5.8	-5.8	(p)-5.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		28.3	26.0	27.0	27.8	27.8	(p)27.9
12-month % change		-1.7	-11.0	-8.8	-8.6	-8.9	(p)-7.9
Education and Health Services(3)		43.8	37.0	37.9	40.1	40.4	(p)40.8
12-month % change		0.9	-14.9	-12.7	-6.5	-5.8	(p)-5.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		19.0	8.4	11.5	16.3	21.7	(p)22.8
12-month % change		-10.8	-62.7	-54.2	-42.4	-28.6	(p)-24.5
Other Services(3)		8.1	6.8	6.8	7.3	7.3	(p)7.5
12-month % change		2.5	-16.0	-17.1	-12.0	-13.1	(p)-9.6
Government(3)		24.1	22.6	21.7	21.0	20.2	(p)20.1
12-month % change		0.8	-5.8	-8.8	-11.4	-4.7	(p)-3.8
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