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Maine jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Maine’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. 643 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 8 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Maine economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 697,441

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,377,400

    people in Maine

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,773

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Maine layoffs

  • 8

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 279

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 8

    employers

WARN notices filed in Maine, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
ApplegreenCumberland Center23—State record
Count & Crush LLCBiddeford54—State record
Host International, Inc.Portland102—State record
SP+ ParkingPortland100—State record
Gathr Outdoors dba Pride Manufacturing Co LLCGuilford——State record
SMBC-Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationNew York——State record
Pride Manufacturing -gathr OutdoorsBurnham——State record
Charter CommunicationsPortland——State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Maine

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. WEX41 open roles
  2. Idexx Laboratories Inc /De29 open roles
  3. University of Maine System27 open roles
  4. University of Maine23 open roles
  5. Kbwfinancial20 open roles
  6. Pro Search Maine20 open roles
  7. WEX Bank16 open roles
  8. BerryDunn15 open roles
  9. Springborn Staffing14 open roles
  10. Unum Group13 open roles
  11. Market Street Talent11 open roles
  12. University of Maine at Farmington9 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Maine

  • Martin's Point Health Care1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Maine

  • 20

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 92,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Maine

Largest colleges in Maine
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of MaineOronoPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Unity Environmental UniversityNew GloucesterPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of New EnglandBiddefordPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Southern MainePortlandPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Bates CollegeLewistonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswickPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Colby CollegeWatervillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Husson UniversityBangorPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Saint Joseph's College of MaineStandishPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Thomas CollegeWatervillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Maine at AugustaAugustaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmingtonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

All 20 Maine colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Maine. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

11 American Job Centers in Maine

Job fairs and business events in Maine

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Maine.

Conferences in Maine

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Maine, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

All conferences

Maine counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Maine cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Maine?

See what to do first, what Maine unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Maine’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Maine unemployment benefits.