Tag Archives: employment
Car-related sales help drive Maine’s recovery
It appears we love our vehicles, or that an improving economy has made Mainers feel a little better about investing in their rides. For all but seven months from 2010 to 2015, automobile-related sales have grown after taking a dive with every other type of spending during the recession. That category of spending has consistently growth faster through Maine’s […]
Where the most Maine businesses are going it alone
Per capita, Knox County is Maine’s capital for solo business owners. Census figures released Thursday show businesses that have no employees, by county. For every 100 people, Knox County has 12.7 businesses with no employees, most of which are sole proprietorships. Hancock and Lincoln counties are close behind. The census bureau excludes these businesses from its data for their relatively small economic impact […]
Looking for a job in Maine? State survey gives clues on where to find work
In a survey of about 2,400 Maine businesses, the Maine Department of Labor confirmed long-range projections of growing industries, finding the bulk of job vacancies in the state were in health care and social work. In a blog post Friday, the DOL’s Center for Workforce Research and Information rolled out the first look at results from its September […]
A look back at Maine’s 2014 economy, in six charts
This is the last retrospective, I promise. But an interesting one, I hope. While data on Maine’s economy for 2014 is still rolling in (and will be for up to another year), we’re able to reflect on at least a few trends, most of which show the same broader story of Maine’s slow recovery from recession. […]
In 2014 job growth, Maine’s ranked somewhere in the middle of the pack
Maine’s job growth in 2014 was in the middle of the pack nationally, up about 1 percent from December 2013 to November 2014, according to an analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts. But there is a little wiggle room in the numbers Pew laid out of job change estimates in a blog post Tuesday. As the post points […]