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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Portland, ME, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2019
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022

Portland-South Portland, ME Economy at a Glance:

Portland-South Portland, ME

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)203.2	201.0	203.1	203.1	201.5	(p)203.5
Employment(1)		(2)197.2	193.8	196.3	196.2	196.6	(p)198.3
Unemployment(1)		(2)6.1	7.3	6.8	6.9	4.9	(p)5.2
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.0	3.6	3.3	3.4	2.4	(p)2.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		(5)205.8	200.9	202.4	204.3	207.9	(p)212.8
12-month % change		(5)1.7	1.3	1.6	2.1	2.3	(p)2.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		10.6	10.3	10.0	10.0	10.3	(p)10.5
12-month % change		1.9	3.0	1.0	1.0	-1.9	(p)-1.9
Manufacturing(4)		15.6	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.6	(p)15.7
12-month % change		4.0	3.4	4.0	4.0	3.3	(p)3.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		38.8	37.6	37.5	37.6	37.0	(p)37.5
12-month % change		-1.0	0.3	1.6	2.7	0.8	(p)0.8
Information(4)		3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	(p)3.2
12-month % change		3.3	3.3	3.3	6.7	6.7	(p)6.7
Financial Activities(4)		17.0	16.7	16.8	16.7	17.0	(p)17.0
12-month % change		-1.2	-2.3	-1.8	-2.3	-0.6	(p)-1.2
Professional and Business Services(4)		29.9	29.5	29.6	30.1	30.6	(p)31.6
12-month % change		-1.0	-0.7	-1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)4.3
Education and Health Services(4)		42.6	41.9	42.5	43.2	43.7	(p)43.5
12-month % change		0.7	-0.5	-0.7	0.2	1.9	(p)1.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		17.7	16.4	16.9	17.2	19.8	(p)22.9
12-month % change		13.5	11.6	11.9	8.9	13.8	(p)13.4
Other Services(4)		7.5	7.6	7.5	7.6	7.7	(p)7.8
12-month % change		5.6	8.6	7.1	8.6	6.9	(p)6.8
Government(4)		(5)23.0	22.4	23.0	23.1	23.0	(p)23.1
12-month % change		(5)2.7	0.4	1.3	1.3	0.0	(p)0.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (5) Correction (p) Preliminary