BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
Maine Unemployment Rate by County
Maine statewide was 3.1% in August 2026, against 3.0% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 16 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
16 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Androscoggin County3.2% · 0.0 pts
- Aroostook County4.1% · +0.2 pts
- Cumberland County2.6% · +0.1 pts
- Franklin County3.8% · +0.2 pts
- Hancock County2.8% · +0.2 pts
- Kennebec County3.2% · +0.2 pts
- Knox County3.0% · +0.2 pts
- Lincoln County3.1% · +0.4 pts
- Oxford County3.8% · +0.3 pts
- Penobscot County3.4% · +0.2 pts
- Piscataquis County4.8% · +0.7 pts
- Sagadahoc County2.7% · +0.1 pts
- Somerset County4.1% · +0.2 pts
- Waldo County3.4% · +0.2 pts
- Washington County4.4% · +0.3 pts
- York County2.8% · +0.1 pts