Burlington, ME Unemployment Rate Report

Burlington, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Burlington, Maine has ranged from 1.4% in September 1992 to 20.4% in September 1998. The current unemployment rate for Burlington is 2.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Burlington, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Burlington, ME Current Unemployment - 2.9%

Burlington, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	6.9%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.2%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.8%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	7.4%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	10.5%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.9%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.2%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.9%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	12.6%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.3%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.9%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	9.2%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	8.6%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.2%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.0%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.0%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.9%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.7%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.4%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.2%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	8.3%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	7.6%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.5%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.7%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.1%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.6%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.9%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.9%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.7%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	1.5%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.9%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	5.8%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.8%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.7%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	7.6%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	7.0%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.7%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.7%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.0%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.6%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.8%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.2%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.6%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	4.4%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	10.2%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.7%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	8.9%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	10.3%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.0%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.7%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.8%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	7.7%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.6%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.7%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	7.3%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.6%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.9%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.5%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.2%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.5%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.8%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.8%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.8%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.8%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	16.9%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	15.6%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	16.2%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	17.2%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	19.0%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	11.9%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.7%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.0%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.5%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.5%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.6%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.6%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	6.3%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.2%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.8%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.0%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.8%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.2%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.2%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.7%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	9.0%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	14.1%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	11.9%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	12.5%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	13.0%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	13.6%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	11.2%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	11.1%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	11.8%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.8%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	11.1%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.6%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.5%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	10.5%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	14.2%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	14.8%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.5%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	13.3%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	11.5%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	11.5%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.8%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.2%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.9%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.0%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.2%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.8%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	15.5%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	15.4%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	17.2%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	17.3%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	16.5%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.1%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	15.4%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	13.4%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	12.4%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	13.5%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.3%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	15.6%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	10.8%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.8%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.2%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	13.0%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	13.7%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	13.8%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.1%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.5%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	12.1%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	11.2%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	13.4%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	13.4%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	10.6%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.4%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.6%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.7%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.0%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.9%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.1%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.0%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.8%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.4%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.8%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.0%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	16.7%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	15.4%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.0%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	18.9%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	15.6%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.7%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.6%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.6%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.6%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.6%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.5%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.3%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	4.8%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.1%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	9.2%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.1%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.2%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.8%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.0%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.8%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.1%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	8.6%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	10.8%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	13.5%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	7.0%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.6%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.4%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.5%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	11.0%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	8.5%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.5%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.5%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.1%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.0%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.0%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	2.5%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.5%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	8.0%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.8%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	9.0%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.9%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.3%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.8%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	10.3%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	9.3%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	11.8%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.3%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	7.0%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.9%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.8%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.4%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	11.5%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.3%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.5%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.8%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.3%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.7%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	10.4%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	8.3%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	3.5%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.7%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	9.8%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	11.6%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	11.3%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	11.8%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.6%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.0%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.5%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	10.2%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	10.8%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.3%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	4.8%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.8%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.8%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.8%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.4%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.8%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.8%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.5%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	2.7%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.8%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.1%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	5.8%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.3%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.9%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.7%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.9%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.0%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.3%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	9.5%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.1%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.0%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	2.7%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.4%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	3.4%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.4%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.3%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.7%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.3%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.0%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.7%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.5%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.3%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.1%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.4%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	6.0%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.5%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.1%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.3%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.0%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.0%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.3%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.4%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.0%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.0%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.0%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.4%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	8.8%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	11.9%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	9.4%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.4%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	9.2%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.4%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.3%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	1.5%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.3%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.3%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.9%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.6%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	12.9%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	14.1%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	11.8%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	16.1%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	18.1%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	19.7%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	20.0%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	18.7%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	20.4%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	18.1%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	14.8%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.3%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	5.3%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.9%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.1%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.0%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.6%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.8%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.5%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.2%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.0%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.4%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.4%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	6.6%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.4%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	12.6%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	12.9%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	12.9%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	14.2%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	7.3%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.3%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.3%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	12.9%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	14.2%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.6%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	6.9%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.9%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.0%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.6%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.3%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.3%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.5%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.9%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.7%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.6%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.6%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.7%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	5.3%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.5%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.8%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	14.8%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	17.0%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.7%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.9%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.0%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.3%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.1%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.6%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	8.8%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.2%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.3%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.1%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.3%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.8%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.0%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.1%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.9%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.5%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.8%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.3%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	7.3%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.4%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	13.2%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.5%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.6%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.1%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	4.7%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.4%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	1.4%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.2%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.4%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.3%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	4.8%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.7%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.9%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	19.5%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	15.1%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.8%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.2%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.4%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	13.0%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.9%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.7%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.2%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Burlington, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	6.0%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.0%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.7%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	15.5%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	9.0%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.5%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	12.8%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.3%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.2%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.5%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.5%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	2.3%	6.8%	6.3%