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Bangor, Maine Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bangor fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2023 to 2.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Maine rate. The unemployment rate in Bangor peaked in May 2020 at 9.2% and is now 6.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bangor unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
Maine 2.4% -0.2 -0.3
Bangor 2.3% -0.1 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bangor, Maine, National

Bangor, Maine monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bangor, Maine Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bangor peaked in May 2020 at 6,132. There are now 4,565 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Bangor employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bangor, Maine) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Bangor 1,567 -93 -313

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bangor, Maine Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Maine
Unemployment Rate		 Bangor
Unemployment Rate		 Bangor
Unemployed
May
2023		 3.7% — — —
April
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 2.3% 1,567
March
2023		 3.5% 2.6% 2.4% 1,660
February
2023		 3.6% 2.8% 2.5% 1,731
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.6% 1,807
December
2022		 3.5% 3.1% 2.8% 1,925
November
2022		 3.6% 3.1% 2.8% 1,932
October
2022		 3.7% 3.1% 2.8% 1,929
September
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.7% 1,888
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.7% 1,832
July
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.6% 1,783
June
2022		 3.6% 2.6% 2.6% 1,763

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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