Jobs and Income

Maine’s Real Unemployment and Jobs Picture Reflects Continuing Challenges for Maine Workers

Over 90,000 Mainers are still struggling to find work according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A stubbornly large number of part-time workers […]

Garrett Martin

Posted July 29, 2014

Tags Employment, Incomes, Jobs

Jobs and Income

What to Look for in Friday’s Jobs Report

Tomorrow, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its monthly state-by-state jobs and employment report. While the data are subject to revision and should be viewed […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 19, 2014

Tags Employment, Incomes, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind

Today’s national jobs report highlights an important milestone. As a nation, we have recovered 101 percent of jobs lost during the recession. Clearly we are headed in […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 6, 2014

Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Jobs Recovery is Mostly in Portland

4 out of every 5 jobs that Maine employers have added in the last five years have been in the greater Portland area, according to data released […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 29, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Large Number of “Involuntary” Part-time Workers Showing No Sign of Decline

Maine’s official unemployment rate continues to fall along with the nation as a whole, but “underemployment” is as big a problem as ever, according to data released […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 7, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Boston Fed President Agrees: Many Mainers Still Struggling in Weak Labor Market

Like MECEP, the Boston Federal Reserve Bank is looking deeper into Maine’s labor market statistics finding that employment prospects for Mainers are still nowhere near as good […]

Joel Johnson

Posted April 16, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine's Labor Market Recovery: Far from Complete

Nearly five years after the end of the worst recession since the 1930s, Maine’s economic recovery is still far from complete. Maine has recouped only half the […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Jobs Recovery by State: January 2011-December 2013

MECEP’s summary of state-by-state total job growth from January 2011 to December 2013, Jobs Recovery By State Jan 2011 – Dec 2013

Jody Harris

Posted April 1, 2014

Tags Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Today's Jobs Report Finds Maine's Weak Jobs Recovery Continues

Based on the most reliable data available, Maine ranked 48th among the states in job growth from January 2011 to September 2013. Augusta, Maine (Monday, March 17, […]

Posted March 17, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Older Mainers are Driving Maine’s Employment Recovery

Maine’s older adults are driving Maine’s employment recovery from the recession. Not only do 55-and-older Mainers represent a disproportionately large share of Maine’s total population, they have […]

Joel Johnson

Posted February 27, 2014

Tags Employment, Jobs

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Maine’s Real Unemployment and Jobs Picture Reflects Continuing Challenges for Maine Workers

What to Look for in Friday’s Jobs Report

Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind

Maine’s Jobs Recovery is Mostly in Portland

Maine’s Large Number of “Involuntary” Part-time Workers Showing No Sign of Decline

Boston Fed President Agrees: Many Mainers Still Struggling in Weak Labor Market

Maine's Labor Market Recovery: Far from Complete

Jobs Recovery by State: January 2011-December 2013

Today's Jobs Report Finds Maine's Weak Jobs Recovery Continues

Older Mainers are Driving Maine’s Employment Recovery