Mount Desert, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Mount Desert, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Mount-Desert, Maine has ranged from 0.3% in September 1998 to 18.3% in February 1994. The current unemployment rate for Mount-Desert is 1.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Mount Desert, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

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Mount Desert, ME Current Unemployment - 1.7%

Mount Desert, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	6.7%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.8%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.9%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.7%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.0%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.2%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	1.8%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	1.7%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	7.6%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.2%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.9%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.0%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	2.7%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	2.6%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.5%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.3%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.0%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.1%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.7%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	6.1%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.9%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.4%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	7.9%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.8%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	4.2%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	5.8%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	3.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.2%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.6%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.0%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.9%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.6%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.6%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	1.6%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	1.2%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	1.2%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.4%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.8%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.7%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.3%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	4.7%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.6%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.3%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.7%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.2%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	1.6%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	1.3%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.5%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.1%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.2%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.1%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	6.1%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.7%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.1%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.0%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.3%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	2.2%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	1.9%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	1.6%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	1.8%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	1.3%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.9%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.3%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	7.2%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.6%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.9%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.9%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	2.2%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.3%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.0%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	2.4%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.8%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.9%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.8%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.9%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	8.6%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.9%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.5%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.5%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.8%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.2%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	2.3%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.3%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.8%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.8%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.8%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.3%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	9.1%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.8%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.0%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.0%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.7%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.9%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.1%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.6%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.9%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.5%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.8%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.7%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	11.6%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.5%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.2%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.3%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.3%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.9%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.1%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.5%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.9%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.0%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.5%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.2%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	11.6%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	11.0%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.3%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.6%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.0%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.8%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.1%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.6%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.7%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.8%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.9%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.2%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	10.8%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.9%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.5%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.7%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.1%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.9%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.0%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.5%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.8%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.1%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.2%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.9%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	10.2%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.8%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.0%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.0%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	5.5%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	5.3%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	4.9%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	4.0%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	4.0%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	5.1%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.3%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.5%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	10.8%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.7%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.9%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.6%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.0%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.5%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	4.8%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.6%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	5.5%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.3%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.7%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.4%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	7.4%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.2%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.9%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.3%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.3%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.3%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	3.5%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.4%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.3%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.9%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.1%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.5%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	7.9%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	9.0%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.4%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.8%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.3%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.1%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.4%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.5%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	2.7%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.6%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.9%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	9.3%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.3%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.2%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.6%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.3%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.1%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.3%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.5%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.5%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.3%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.9%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.6%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	7.8%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.3%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.6%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.1%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.6%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	2.8%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.6%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.8%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.7%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.2%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.4%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.2%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	6.8%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.4%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.4%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.2%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.5%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.3%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.2%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.6%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.2%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.7%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.5%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.5%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	8.0%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.0%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.2%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.8%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.5%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	3.3%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	2.1%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	1.9%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	2.8%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.0%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.3%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.3%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	6.5%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.3%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.8%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.1%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.0%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	1.9%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	1.7%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	1.5%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.7%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.1%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.8%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.6%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	8.1%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.6%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.6%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.8%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.4%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	2.5%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.0%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.0%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.3%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.4%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.9%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.3%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	7.9%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.7%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.2%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.4%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.7%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.7%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.0%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	2.0%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.3%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.3%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.5%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	7.6%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	9.8%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	9.6%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.6%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.5%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.8%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.0%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	1.6%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.0%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.6%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.9%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.7%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.8%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	10.4%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	10.6%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	10.9%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.7%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.8%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	1.9%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	1.9%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	1.1%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	0.3%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	1.7%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.7%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	9.6%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	11.4%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.3%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.1%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.7%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.5%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.5%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.0%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.3%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.9%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.7%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.4%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.4%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	13.7%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	12.4%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	11.7%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.4%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.2%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	0.6%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	0.5%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	0.5%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.3%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.8%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.2%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	8.9%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	14.8%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	15.1%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	13.8%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.2%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.3%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.5%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	1.8%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	1.6%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	2.3%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.2%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.7%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	10.1%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	16.0%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	18.3%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	18.0%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.9%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.8%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.0%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	2.7%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	2.3%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	2.8%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.8%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.1%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	11.9%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	14.3%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	14.8%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.4%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.7%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.3%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	2.7%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.8%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.8%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.4%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.4%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	12.7%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	13.8%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	12.3%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	13.9%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.2%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.8%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.5%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	2.0%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	0.5%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	1.5%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	0.7%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.5%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.5%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	11.8%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	10.6%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.5%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.8%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.4%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.2%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.9%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.2%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.1%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.2%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.2%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.7%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.9%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Mount Desert, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	6.7%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.8%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.1%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.5%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.4%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	1.7%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	0.6%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	0.9%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	1.9%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	1.9%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.9%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.2%	6.8%	6.3%