Maine’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.7 percent for June was unchanged from May and April, and down from 5.7 percent a year earlier, the state Department of Labor reported Tuesday. The number of active job-seekers in Maine declined by 6,900 over the 12-month period to 32,800, it said.
The U.S. preliminary unemployment rate of 5.3 percent was down slightly from 5.5 percent in May and 6.1 percent a year earlier, the department said. The New England unemployment rate averaged 4.8 percent. Rates for other states were 3.8 percent in New Hampshire, 3.6 percent in Vermont, 4.6 percent in Massachusetts, 5.9 percent in Rhode Island and 5.7 percent in Connecticut.
Maine’s employment-to-population ratio estimate of 60.4 percent remained above the U.S. average of 59.3 percent for the 93rd consecutive month, it said.
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