AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s labor department says the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.2 percent in April, which was unchanged from March and down from 7.7 percent a year ago.
Commissioner Robert Winglass said Friday that 51,200 Mainers were jobless last month, down 3,000 from the same month last year.
Maine’s unemployment rate is nearly a percentage point lower than the national rate, which was 8.1 percent for the month.
Rates around the state ranged from 5.7 percent in Cumberland County to 11.2 percent in Washington County. Those rates are not seasonally adjusted.
I blame Bush.
There are many more Mainers than that who are unemployed; they are just not counted because they stopped getting unemployment checks. Doesn’t mean they found work.
Mainers who don’t work for someone else but are self-employed aren’t included in these statistics. No way to measure self-employment or those who return to college for a job/career related degree or training.
Most real Mainers have four jobs anyway, nearly all seasonal. Time for the lifers in the unions to discover the real Maine.
Should we thank Lapage