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Hancock County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hancock County’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Hancock County economy

  • 2.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.6% the month before

  • 30,588

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 56,084

    people in Hancock County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $69,630

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hancock County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Hancock County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Hancock County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Hampton Bar Harbor1 open role
  2. MaineGuide.com1 open role
  3. The Jackson Laboratory1 open role

Colleges in Hancock County

Colleges in Hancock County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
College of the AtlanticBar HarborPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Maine Maritime AcademyCastinePublic 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Hancock County

Other Maine counties

All of Maine

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Maine’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.