Kennebec County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kennebec County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 48 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Kennebec County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
61,779
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
125,614
people in Kennebec County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,062
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kennebec County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kennebec 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 Kennebec 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.

Army National Guard Units3 open roles
Veterans Health Administration3 open roles
Five Below2 open roles
Performance Food Group2 open roles
Performance Foodservice2 open roles
RICEFW Technologies2 open roles
Samprasoft2 open roles
State of Maine2 open roles
Air National Guard Units1 open role
Allozymes1 open role

Colleges in Kennebec County

Colleges in Kennebec County
College	City	Type	Students
Colby College	Waterville	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Thomas College	Waterville	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
University of Maine at Augusta	Augusta	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board
Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset

Cities in Kennebec County

Augusta39 jobs
Waterville6 jobs

Other Maine counties

All of Maine

Laid off or looking for work in Kennebec County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.