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Penobscot County, ME jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Penobscot County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 73 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Penobscot County economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.2% the month before

  • 74,032

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 153,571

    people in Penobscot County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,248

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Penobscot County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Penobscot 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 Penobscot 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. University of Maine System18 open roles
  2. University of Maine15 open roles
  3. Versant Power7 open roles
  4. Air National Guard Units4 open roles
  5. University of Maine at Farmington4 open roles
  6. Amazon2 open roles
  7. Charter Communications2 open roles
  8. County of Penobscot2 open roles
  9. HII Mission Technologies2 open roles
  10. TEKsystems2 open roles

Colleges in Penobscot County

Colleges in Penobscot County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of MaineOronoPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Husson UniversityBangorPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Tri-County Career Center

    Bangor · Comprehensive · 207-623-7981

    Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Cities in Penobscot County

Other Maine counties

All of Maine

Laid off or looking for work in Penobscot 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.