East Central Washington, ME Unemployment Rate Report

East Central Washington, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in East-Central-Washington, Maine has ranged from 0.7% in July 1992 to 9.0% in January 2012. The current unemployment rate for East-Central-Washington is 5.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

East Central Washington, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

East Central Washington, ME Current Unemployment - 5.0%

East Central Washington, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	3.3%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.6%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.2%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.8%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.7%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.8%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.0%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	6.4%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.4%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.8%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.8%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.1%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.1%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.1%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.6%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.3%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.6%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.9%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.2%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	4.6%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.3%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.2%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	7.9%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.1%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.4%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.5%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.5%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.5%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.2%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.9%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.7%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.8%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.9%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.6%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.6%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.5%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.1%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	1.5%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	1.7%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	1.6%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.4%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	1.9%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.6%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.5%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.8%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.4%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	1.8%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	1.8%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	1.7%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.2%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.5%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	3.7%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.4%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.8%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.0%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.0%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.7%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.5%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.4%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.4%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.2%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.7%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.2%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.1%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.0%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.0%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	2.1%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	1.8%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	2.8%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	2.7%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.7%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	2.5%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	6.5%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.3%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.4%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.3%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.6%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.0%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.4%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	2.9%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.4%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.2%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.1%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.6%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	6.9%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.7%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.1%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.1%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.8%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.4%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.9%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.6%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.0%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.9%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.8%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.7%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	8.0%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.4%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.5%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.5%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.0%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.1%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.0%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.6%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.1%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.1%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.4%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.3%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	9.0%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.8%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.2%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.5%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.4%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.7%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	5.0%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.0%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.5%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	4.8%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.8%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.4%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	6.1%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	6.3%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	5.9%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	4.7%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.7%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	5.7%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	5.3%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	5.2%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	5.4%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	5.4%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.1%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.5%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	7.5%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	6.8%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	6.6%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	4.9%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	4.5%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	3.9%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	3.8%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	2.9%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	3.0%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	3.0%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	3.4%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	4.4%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	8.1%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.3%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.6%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	7.2%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.3%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	5.3%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	5.0%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	4.9%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	4.8%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.3%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	5.0%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	6.8%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	6.7%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.8%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.9%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.1%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.4%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.4%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.7%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.2%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.5%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.3%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.0%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.6%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	4.0%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.9%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.6%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.0%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.0%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.8%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.4%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.1%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.5%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	2.5%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.2%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	1.8%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	2.1%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	1.8%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.0%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.0%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	2.6%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.5%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	1.7%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.2%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.5%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.1%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.5%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	2.7%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.0%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	2.6%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.6%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.2%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	2.4%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.5%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	1.7%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	2.4%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.7%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.0%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	1.7%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	2.4%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	2.7%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	2.7%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	2.0%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	1.7%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	2.5%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	2.0%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	1.7%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	2.2%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	2.3%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	2.0%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	1.8%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	2.6%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	2.6%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	2.6%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	2.9%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	2.3%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	2.2%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	2.1%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	1.3%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	2.0%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.5%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	2.0%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	1.8%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	3.0%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	3.6%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	3.3%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	3.0%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.6%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.3%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.5%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	2.6%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.6%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.7%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.2%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	2.3%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	2.3%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	2.2%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	1.9%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	1.9%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.0%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	1.9%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.2%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	2.3%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.2%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.8%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.3%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	2.9%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	2.1%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	1.9%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	2.1%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	1.6%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.8%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	1.8%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.6%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.1%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.7%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.3%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.9%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.2%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	0.7%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	1.8%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	1.8%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.1%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	1.0%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	1.0%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	0.7%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	0.7%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	0.7%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.0%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	0.7%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	1.7%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	5.4%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.9%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.2%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.7%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.1%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.0%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.4%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.0%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.1%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.0%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.4%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	0.7%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	1.1%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.5%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	1.4%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.8%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	1.4%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	1.7%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	1.3%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	1.3%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	1.3%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	1.3%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.3%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.0%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	4.4%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.6%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	1.7%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.6%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	2.1%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	1.4%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	1.0%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	1.0%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	1.0%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	1.0%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	1.0%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	1.0%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	1.2%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	1.1%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.1%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	1.1%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	1.1%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	1.1%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	0.7%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	1.0%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	1.1%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	1.1%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.8%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.8%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	2.5%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	2.1%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.3%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	2.9%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.0%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.2%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.8%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.9%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.8%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.0%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.4%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	1.7%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.2%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	0.8%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	0.8%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	0.8%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	1.2%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	0.7%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	0.7%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	0.8%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.4%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.3%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	2.4%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	0.8%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	0.8%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.5%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	1.5%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	2.7%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	0.8%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	0.7%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	0.7%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.3%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.2%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.2%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	1.9%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	2.4%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.0%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.2%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.0%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.5%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	3.0%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	3.0%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	2.5%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.1%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	1.9%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	0.8%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	1.9%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	East Central Washington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	3.0%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.5%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.4%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.7%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.8%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.0%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.3%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.0%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	1.9%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.1%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	2.6%	6.8%	6.3%