Ashland, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Ashland, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Ashland, Maine has ranged from 2.5% in August 2018 to 27.4% in April 2009. The current unemployment rate for Ashland is 5.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Ashland, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

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Ashland, ME Current Unemployment - 5.8%

Ashland, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	8.9%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	9.6%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	8.3%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	10.8%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	9.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.8%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.5%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.8%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	8.5%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.6%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.0%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	9.6%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	9.0%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.3%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.2%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.2%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.0%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	8.0%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.9%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.3%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	7.8%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	10.1%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.4%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.0%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.8%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.3%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.5%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	4.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.8%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.2%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.3%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.8%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	6.0%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.5%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.4%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	8.2%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	12.3%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	10.9%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.7%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.6%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.0%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	9.5%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	9.9%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	7.5%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	7.2%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.0%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	8.1%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	10.2%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.1%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.5%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.6%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.9%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.0%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.8%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	6.7%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.3%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.1%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	9.5%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	9.3%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.5%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.1%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.3%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.3%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.4%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.1%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.7%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	8.6%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.8%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.4%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	15.7%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	11.9%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.4%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.4%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.7%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.9%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.9%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.9%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.8%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	11.7%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.5%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.3%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	13.9%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	13.4%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	21.6%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.9%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.1%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.1%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	9.2%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.9%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.0%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	12.0%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.5%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.0%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	13.5%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	14.6%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	12.0%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.9%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.1%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.7%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.8%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.6%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	9.6%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	13.3%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	13.3%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.6%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	15.4%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	15.7%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	12.5%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.9%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.5%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.9%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	10.7%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.8%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.4%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	12.8%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.2%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	12.0%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	18.2%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	16.6%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.7%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.4%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.6%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.1%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	11.3%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	12.5%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	12.3%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	13.5%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	14.4%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	13.4%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	19.1%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	18.2%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	17.5%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.1%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.9%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.6%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.4%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.2%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	13.1%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	14.9%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	15.0%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.7%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	19.3%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	19.4%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	15.0%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.4%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.9%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.2%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.3%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.4%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.3%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	22.4%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	22.6%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	22.7%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	27.4%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	26.4%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	17.8%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.8%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	14.8%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.8%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.0%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.7%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.2%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	7.8%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	12.0%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	11.3%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	12.9%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	13.2%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	10.9%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.4%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.1%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.9%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	9.5%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.9%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.2%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	10.1%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.1%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.6%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	12.5%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	13.4%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.8%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.1%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.7%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.4%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.5%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.9%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	8.6%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.0%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.9%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	11.4%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	11.6%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.4%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.6%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.4%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	7.7%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.4%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	11.8%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.3%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	8.3%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.5%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.2%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	9.5%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	12.5%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.8%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.7%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.3%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.3%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	8.9%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.3%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	10.4%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	10.5%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.7%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	9.6%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	9.0%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.6%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.3%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.9%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.6%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.6%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.2%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.2%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	7.1%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.6%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.2%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.7%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.8%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.6%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.7%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.4%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.5%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.8%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	9.6%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.1%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.4%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.7%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.9%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.1%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.8%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.0%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.0%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.6%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.3%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.7%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.8%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	8.1%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.4%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.1%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	10.3%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	8.9%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.4%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.9%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.6%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.7%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.7%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.1%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	4.9%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.7%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.6%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	8.0%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.3%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.4%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.8%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.3%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.8%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	8.1%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	9.8%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	8.0%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	7.5%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.7%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.3%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	11.8%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	12.5%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.5%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.9%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.3%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.5%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	9.0%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.7%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.3%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	9.9%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	10.1%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	10.3%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	19.0%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	19.5%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	13.2%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	14.5%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	11.6%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	9.7%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.9%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.1%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.9%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	16.9%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	15.1%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	17.6%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	18.4%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	22.3%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	19.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	11.6%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	11.0%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	11.3%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.0%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.1%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.0%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	12.4%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	12.4%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	13.2%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	17.7%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	23.2%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	14.0%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.9%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.7%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.0%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	15.1%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	13.8%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	16.2%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	16.9%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	16.7%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	16.5%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	24.9%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	24.4%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	19.8%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	13.8%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.5%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.1%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	12.1%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	15.6%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	15.3%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	14.8%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.4%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	16.8%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	20.6%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	21.7%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	17.8%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	15.2%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	13.7%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	10.6%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	12.6%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	17.8%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	15.7%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	14.6%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.9%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	14.4%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	19.3%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	16.7%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	16.5%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	17.2%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	18.7%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	18.2%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.7%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	19.8%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	17.2%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	19.5%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	18.9%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	20.5%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	23.2%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	24.6%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	22.2%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.9%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.5%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	12.5%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	12.9%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	15.0%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	14.7%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	14.6%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	16.1%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	17.7%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	20.9%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	19.8%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	17.5%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	14.3%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	15.6%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	17.0%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	18.7%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	19.1%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	20.2%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ashland, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	12.4%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	10.8%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	11.6%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	16.5%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	16.0%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.0%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	12.3%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	9.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.9%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.0%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	11.5%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	11.8%	6.8%	6.3%