Bangor, Maine Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bangor fell 0.6 percentage points in May 2020 to 9.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Maine rate. The unemployment rate in Bangor peaked in April 2020 at 9.6% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Bangor unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Maine	9.4%	-1.0	+6.4
Bangor	9.0%	-0.6	+6.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bangor, Maine, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bangor, Maine Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bangor peaked in April 2020 at 6,447. There are now 380 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Bangor employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bangor, Maine) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Bangor	6,067	-380	+3,997

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bangor, Maine Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maine Unemployment Rate	Bangor Unemployment Rate	Bangor Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	6.6%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	9.4%	9.0%	6,067
April 2020	14.7%	10.4%	9.6%	6,447
March 2020	4.4%	3.0%	2.7%	1,923
February 2020	3.5%	3.2%	3.1%	2,241
January 2020	3.6%	3.1%	3.0%	2,157
December 2019	3.5%	3.0%	3.0%	2,138
November 2019	3.5%	3.0%	2.9%	2,107
October 2019	3.6%	3.0%	2.9%	2,073
September 2019	3.5%	2.9%	2.9%	2,038
August 2019	3.7%	2.9%	2.8%	2,009
July 2019	3.7%	2.9%	2.8%	2,000