THE COASTAL PACKET: Maine urban unemployment remains low

Saturday, September 2

Maine urban unemployment remains low

Maine Public Broadcasting - Labor markets remained strong in all three of Maine’s major urban areas in July.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics found unemployment low and edging lower in Bangor, Lewiston-Auburn and the Portland-South Portland labor markets.

The Portland-area jobless figure was the lowest: 2.8 percent. Lewiston-Auburn, at 3.4 percent, was still a bit lower than the state’s unemployment rate last month. Bangor was a bit higher than the state figure, at 3.7 percent.

For all of Maine’s metro areas, unemployment percentages this July were lower than they were in July 2016.

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