Maine · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Maine

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Maine, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Maine had about 650,600 people on their payrolls across roughly 66,749 establishments, with average annual pay of $65,800.

Total employment in Maine grew 11.4% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 650,600. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Maine are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

650,600Employment, 2025
66,749Establishments
$65,800Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Maine	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	8,451	1.3%	1.63	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	262	0.0%	0.11	est. · 0.96
23	Construction	38,043	5.9%	1.08	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	57,703	8.9%	1.09	pub.
22	Utilities	3,248	0.5%	0.89	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	18,819	2.9%	0.75	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	80,873	12.4%	1.25	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	20,851	3.2%	0.66	est. · 1.00
51	Information	8,710	1.3%	0.70	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	23,011	3.5%	0.87	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	7,894	1.2%	0.77	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	33,238	5.1%	0.73	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	18,674	2.9%	1.72	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	27,255	4.2%	0.72	pub.
61	Educational Services	60,716	9.3%	1.09	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	119,039	18.3%	1.14	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	12,553	1.9%	0.99	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	59,687	9.2%	1.00	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	18,596	2.9%	0.94	pub.
92	Public Administration	29,731	4.6%	0.90	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	650,598	66,749	$65,804	0.3%	pub.
2024	648,874	65,439	$63,220	1.4%	pub.
2023	639,695	64,082	$60,328	2.1%	pub.
2022	626,520	62,073	$58,134	2.7%	pub.
2021	610,111	58,119	$54,651	4.4%	pub.
2020	584,271	54,303	$51,952	6.0%	pub.
2019	621,691	53,538	$47,188	1.0%	pub.
2018	615,271	52,856	$45,370	1.0%	pub.
2017	609,271	53,934	$43,911	0.9%	pub.
2016	603,785	52,931	$42,596	1.3%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Maine	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	46,467	7.1%	1.01
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	35,100	5.4%	0.81
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	14,971	2.3%	0.69
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	11,309	1.7%	1.04
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	5,737	0.9%	0.94
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	14,491	2.2%	1.31
23-0000	Legal occupations	3,973	0.6%	0.73
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	41,942	6.5%	1.10
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	8,022	1.2%	0.93
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	43,679	6.7%	1.07
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	38,774	6.0%	1.18
33-0000	Protective service occupations	12,294	1.9%	0.79
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	55,193	8.5%	0.97
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	23,371	3.6%	1.22
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	14,167	2.2%	1.05
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	55,694	8.6%	1.00
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	78,372	12.0%	1.02
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,876	0.3%	1.02
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	32,532	5.0%	1.21
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	27,851	4.3%	1.10
51-0000	Production occupations	35,278	5.4%	0.98
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	49,504	7.6%	0.86

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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