Washburn, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Washburn, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Washburn, Maine has ranged from 2.3% in October 2002 to 16.3% in May 1994. The current unemployment rate for Washburn is 4.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Washburn, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Washburn, ME Current Unemployment - 4.1%

Washburn, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	5.0%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.2%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.8%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.5%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.8%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.1%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	5.2%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.3%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.2%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.5%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.0%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.2%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.0%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.9%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.6%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.4%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.4%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	4.6%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.9%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.6%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.2%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	7.2%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	4.7%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.1%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.7%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.1%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.9%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.0%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	5.5%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.1%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.5%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.4%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.8%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.4%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.5%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.4%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.2%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.4%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.8%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	4.4%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.2%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.0%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.0%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.6%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.1%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.6%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.3%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.0%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	5.3%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.7%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.9%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.1%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.8%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.7%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.5%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.5%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.7%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.3%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	5.7%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.8%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.0%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.2%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	2.7%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.6%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.1%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.3%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.7%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.6%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	7.4%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.8%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.8%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.0%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.1%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.4%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.8%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.5%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.3%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.7%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.9%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.8%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	6.5%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.8%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.1%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.7%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.1%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.2%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.3%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.8%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.8%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.3%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.0%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.0%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	7.8%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.2%	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	6.9%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.3%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.1%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.8%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.8%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.3%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.9%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	8.5%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.6%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.3%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.9%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.1%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.7%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.4%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.1%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.0%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.3%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.0%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.6%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	9.6%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.9%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.5%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.1%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.0%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.2%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.2%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.3%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.7%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.1%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.0%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	10.0%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.6%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.3%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.9%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.6%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.1%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.1%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.4%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.8%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.3%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.3%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	9.7%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.4%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.6%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.7%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.1%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.1%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.6%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.3%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.3%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.7%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.9%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.6%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	7.5%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.9%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.5%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.9%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.1%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.4%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.4%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.8%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.8%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.5%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.2%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.6%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	5.6%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.2%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.3%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.8%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.3%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.1%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.8%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.7%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.3%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.4%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.7%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	6.5%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.7%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.8%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.0%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.5%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.0%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.6%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.3%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.9%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.5%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.1%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	5.9%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.9%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.9%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.4%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.8%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.0%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.1%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.4%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.6%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.3%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.7%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.6%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	4.9%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.9%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.4%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.9%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.2%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.5%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.2%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.2%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.8%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.6%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.4%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.6%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	4.6%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.7%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.0%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.7%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.1%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.9%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.6%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.4%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.3%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.7%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.0%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.4%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	5.4%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.1%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.3%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.0%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.7%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	3.8%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	3.8%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	2.7%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	2.5%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	2.3%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.8%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.7%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	5.0%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.2%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.4%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.9%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.4%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.3%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.3%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.1%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.6%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.6%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.1%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	4.1%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.0%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.6%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.3%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.1%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.3%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.6%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.6%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.2%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.0%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	5.8%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.0%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.1%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.0%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.9%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.9%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.0%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.9%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.6%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.3%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.2%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.9%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	8.2%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.1%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.8%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	7.1%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.7%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.0%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.8%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.7%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.7%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.3%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.4%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.9%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	12.3%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	12.6%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.5%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.2%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	9.1%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.6%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.9%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.4%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.3%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.1%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.3%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	10.1%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	12.5%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	11.7%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.5%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	13.5%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.4%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	11.5%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	10.0%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	12.3%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.7%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.7%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	11.4%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	12.8%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	14.7%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	16.0%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	15.3%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	14.0%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	10.1%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	10.9%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	12.5%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	11.7%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	11.1%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	13.6%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	11.9%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	12.1%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	12.7%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	13.3%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	12.3%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	14.9%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	16.3%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	14.1%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	14.4%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	13.7%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	13.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.6%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	11.9%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	11.7%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	14.9%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.1%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.0%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	13.7%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	12.2%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.9%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	13.1%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	11.5%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	13.9%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	13.3%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.2%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.4%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	12.6%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	14.7%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	13.3%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.3%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.8%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.8%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	10.3%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	14.0%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	12.6%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	13.0%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.8%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	11.4%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	11.8%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	13.6%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	14.9%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	13.3%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.6%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.8%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.3%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	14.4%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	12.9%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	12.2%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	13.5%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.3%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Washburn, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	7.1%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.7%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.3%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.1%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.7%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.4%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.2%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.9%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.0%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.4%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.5%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.8%	6.8%	6.3%