The bulk of Maine’s job growth in the next eight years will be concentrated in the service industry, while the manufacturing industry is expected to continue losing jobs, according to a new report from the Maine Department of Labor.
The report, “Maine Employment Outlook to 2016,” projects that three-quarters of the state’s new jobs from now until 2016 will be in the education, leisure and hospitality, health services and retail industries. The service-providing sector is expected to grow 7.5% from 2006-2016, adding 37,368 new jobs. Manufacturing, on the other hand, is projected to lose 7,671 jobs for a 12.8% decline. The biggest gain will be seen in ambulatory health care services, with a jump of 5,308 jobs, and the biggest loss will be in paper manufacturing, with a decline of 2,680 jobs, according to the report.
The report estimates that total employment in Maine will increase 5% to 710,509 jobs in 2016.
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