Maine unemployment holds at 3.2% as labour participation falls

8 articles · Updated · The Maine Wire · May 8

March participation slipped to 59.5%, below the US rate of 61.8%, while national and New England unemployment stood at 4.3% and 4.4%.
Maine's jobless rate was down from 3.8% a year earlier, and unemployment fell across all counties by between 0.1 and 1 percentage point.
Average hourly pay rose 3.9% year on year to $33.63; professional services paid most at $39.35, while leisure and hospitality paid least at $24.60.

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