October 24, 2016
More Mainers are unemployed than regional neighbors
By Staff
The September unemployment rate in Maine increased to 4.1%, which is 0.1% above August’s rate of 4.0%, according to a preliminary report released by Maine's Department of Labor.
That puts the September unemployment rate in the state slightly lower than the 4.2% reported in September 2015.
New Hampshire reported an unemployment rate of 2.9%, Vermont 3.3% and Massachusetts 3.6%, according to the preliminary report. Maine's unemployment rate in September equaled the New England average of 4.1%.
Nationally, the U.S. preliminary unemployment rate of 5.0% in September was a 0.1% increase from August and down from 5.1% from the same month last year.
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