Maine’s economy added 3,200 jobs in February, bringing the state closer to pre-pandemic employment levels.
Nonfarm payroll jobs rose to 634,800 last month, the Maine Department of Labor reported Friday. In February 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic sent the labor economy into a tailspin, there were around 640,000 jobs in the state.
The biggest job gains in February were in healthcare and social work, leisure and hospitality, and construction.
Despite the job gains, the state’s unemployment rate has remained steady at 4 percent since January, with nearly 27,000 people looking for jobs. The labor force participation rate — the proportion of people working or looking for work — was also unchanged from January at about 59 percent, the ministry said.
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