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Which metro areas in Maine are adding jobs fastest?

Portland-South Portland, ME (+7.7%), Bangor, ME (+6.7%) and Lewiston-Auburn, ME (−6.1%) added private-sector jobs fastest among Maine metro areas between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated

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All 3 ranked Maine metro areas

Maine metro areas ranked by private-sector job growth
RankMetro areaChange 2018–23Jobs addedPrivate jobs 2023Residents
1Portland-South Portland, ME+7.7%+18,719261,252577,635
2Bangor, ME+6.7%+3,79060,749157,967
3Lewiston-Auburn, ME−6.1%−2,78042,629116,487

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Every metropolitan statistical area (OMB Bulletin 23-01) with a figure is ranked, one-county areas included: such an area's figures are its county's, so its row may link to the county page. Micro areas are left out. Areas without a figure for the same period as the others are not ranked. An area that crosses a state line is ranked in each of its states.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built.

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Which metro area in Maine has the fastest job growth?

Portland-South Portland, ME: +7.7%, ahead of Bangor, ME (+6.7%) and Lewiston-Auburn, ME (−6.1%), of 3 Maine metro areas ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Every metropolitan statistical area (OMB Bulletin 23-01) with a figure is ranked, one-county areas included: such an area's figures are its county's, so its row may link to the county page. Micro areas are left out. Areas without a figure for the same period as the others are not ranked. An area that crosses a state line is ranked in each of its states.

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