Jobs and Income Labor Force Participation Falling (graph) Mark Sullivan Posted March 20, 2015 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy The only surprise in Maine’s labor force participation decline is why it took so long to happen Maine’s labor force participation was 64.1% in 2014, down from 65.1% in 2013, according to model-based estimates from the Labor Department released earlier this year. Maine’s 2014 […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted March 19, 2015 Tags Employment, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income Maine's Jobs Recovery Trails the Nation and New England Mark Sullivan Posted December 19, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine's Injured and Disabled Workers: A Humanitarian Challenge and an Economic Opportunity Workers hurt on the job have no lobby in the State House, so little fanfare accompanied the Bureau of Labor Statistics release on workplace injury this week. […] Christy Daggett Posted December 15, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine's Jobs Recovery Still Weak Today’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn’t give us much new information. Maine’s unemployment rate is about the same as the national […] Garrett Martin Posted November 21, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine Job Watch- October 2014 Mark Sullivan Posted November 21, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Portland Continues to Drive Job Growth The greater Portland area—extending from Kennebunk in the south to Freeport in the north—continues to account for most of the job growth in Maine over the past […] Joel Johnson Posted October 29, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine's Job Growth Is Concentrated in Portland Mark Sullivan Posted October 29, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Broadly-Measured Unemployment Continues Slow Road to Recovery Although remaining well-above pre-recession levels, Maine’s “U6” rate of unemployment is showing signs of improvement along with the nation as a whole, according to data released last […] Joel Johnson Posted October 28, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Slow Improvement in Broadly Measured Unemployment Mark Sullivan Posted October 28, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
