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Maine State LibraryMaine State DocumentsCenter for Workforce Research and InformationDocuments Labor
1-1-2003
Labor Market Digest, January 2003Maine Department of Labor
Maine Center for Workforce Research and Information
Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalmaine.com/cwri_docs
This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Labor at Maine State Documents. It has been accepted for inclusion in Center for WorkforceResearch and Information Documents by an authorized administrator of Maine State Documents. For more information, please [email protected].
Recommended CitationMaine Department of Labor and Maine Center for Workforce Research and Information, "Labor Market Digest, January 2003"(2003). Center for Workforce Research and Information Documents. Paper 906.http://digitalmaine.com/cwri_docs/906
Since 2000 the p o p u latio n of New Engl a nd h a s g rown m o re slowly than the national population, continuing the trend of the 1990s.
Between July 2000 and July 2002, the population of New England increased 1.6 percent compared to 2.2 percent nationally. Growth rates ranged from a low of 1.2 percent in Massachusetts to a high of 3.2 percent in New Hampshire, the only state in the region to grow faster than the national average.
See page 8 for population estimates and components of change.
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2 Maine L\BoR 1\1.\RKET D1c;EsT
Civilian Labor Force, Employed, and Unemployed by Labor Market Area Not Seasonally Adjusted
UNITED STATES (000) 142,405 142,878 141,911 134,358 135,237 134,359 8,047 7,640 7,551 5.7 5.3
1 Civilian labor force, employed, and unemployed estimates are by place of residence. Current month estimates are preliminary; prior month and year-ago estimates are revised. Items may not add due to rounding. All data exclude members of the Armed Forces. MSA stands for Metropolitan Statistical Area.
2 Total employment includes nonfarm wage and salary workers, agricultural workers, unpaid family workers, domestics, the self employed, and workers involved in labor disputes.
3 People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they meet all of the following criteria: 1) they were not employed during the survey week; 2) they were available for work at that time; and 3) they made specific efforts to find employment some time during the prior four weeks. Persons laid off from their former jobs and awaiting recall and those expecting to report to a job within 30 days need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.
4 The unemployment rate is calculated by dividing the total number of unemployed by the total civilian labor force, and is expressed as a percent.
5 Kittery-York is the five -town Maine portion of the Portsmouth-Rochester PMSA which includes towns in both Maine and New Hampshire.
Source: Maine Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics .
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Civilian Labor Force, Employed, and Unemployed by County, Not Seasonally Adjusted1
AREA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01
1 See footnotes 1 and 2 on page 6. 2 Mining employment is not suitable for seasonal adjustment because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement. Thus, the not-seasonally-adjusted series is used as a component of the seasonally adjusted total nonfarm wage and salary employment estimate. Source: See page 2.
Maine Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.3 Percent in November • State Labor Commissioner Valerie Landry announced that the seasonally-adjusted November unemployment rate for Maine was 4.3 percent, up from 4.1 percent in October and unchanged from 4.3 percent a year ago. The Maine unemployment rate was well below the national November rate of 6.0 percent.
"Maine labor market conditions were little changed in November. Between October and November, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up slightly and nonfarm wage and salary jobs remained at 610,400," said Commissioner Landry. "The total number of nonfarm wage and salary jobs has been essentially unchanged over the past four months."
Between November 2001 and November 2002, seasonallyadjusted nonfarm wage and salary jobs rose by 2, 100 to 610,400. Gains were recorded in services, government, retail trade, and construction. Partially offsetting these gains, manufacturing jobs declined by 4,500, with the largest losses in electronic and other electric equipment and paper and allied products.
Other New England states reporting their seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for November include New Hampshire, 4.7 percent, and Vermont, 4.0 percent. The adjusted national rate for November was 6.0 percent, up from 5. 7 percent in October and 5.6 percent in November 2001.
The not-seasonally-adjusted Maine unemployment rate for November was 4.3 percent, up from 3. 7 percent for October and 4.2 percent for November 2001. The unadjusted national rate was 5.7 percent for November, up from 5.3 percent fo r October and 5.3 percent for November 2001. Not-seasonallyadjusted November unemployment rates for Maine counties ranged from 2.6 percent in Cumberland County to 8.5 percent in Somerset County.
Not-seasonally-adjusted nonfarm wage and salary jobs in. Maine fell by 4, 100 between October and November. Norma seasonal losses were recorded in lodging services, eating and drinking places, and construction. These losses were partially offset by gains in local government due to temporary hiring for
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Week
2002
Week
Selected Regular Unemployment Compensation Program Indicators
Key Data
Average Duration Average Weekly Benefit Amount* Exhaustees
Nov 2002
17.1 $220.53
799
• For totally unemployed claimants, excluding dependency allowances.
Weekly Initial Claims
12/7 11 /30 11 /23 11 /16 11 /9 11 /2 10/26
2,104 1,664 1,870 1,673 1,910 1,689 1,801
12/8 12/1 11 /24 11 /17 11/10 11 /3 10/27
Oct 2002
17.0 $225.29
855
Nov 2001
14.3 $217.51
652
Continued Claims Less Partials*
Nov 2002 Oct 2002 Nov 2001
7,672 5,861 7,801
• For the week including the 121h of the month.
2001 2, 192 2,777 1,744 1,625 1,651 1,762 1,681
$475 Monthly Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Balance
$410
en c $345 ~ ~ E $280
$215
$150 J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N 1999 2000 2001 2002
elections and miscellaneous retail trade establishments gearing up for the holidays. U.S. Consumer Price Index
for all urban consumers (CPI-U)
5
Between November 2001 and November 2002, not-seasonallyadjusted nonfarm wage and salary jobs increased by 1,900. The services industry division led job growth, with the largest gains in social services and health services. Local government, retail trade, and construction also registered job gains. The manufacturing division lost 4,500 jobs, with the largest declines in electronic and other electrical equipment and paper and allied products.
Item Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 Dec 01
Unemployment Rates for Maine
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5 3.5
Seasonal~ Adjusted Not Seasonal~ Adjusted
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3.o N D J F M A M J J A S O N 2001 2002
(1982-1984 = 100) All Items 181.3 181.3 177.4 176.7
Percent Change from Prior Month +0.0% Percent Change from 12 Months Ago +2.2% Percent change from Last December +2.6%
Hotels and Other Lodging Places 9.1 12.2 8.9 * * * * * *
Business Services 22.2 22.5 23.9 * * * * * *
Health Services 61.0 61 .0 59.8 * * * * * *
Educational Services 18.4 18.5 17.8 * * * * * *
Social Services 27.9 27.9 26.5 * * * * * *
Other Services 48.0 49.0 47.3 * * * * * *
Government 110.3 108.4 108.3 18.7 17.7 19.5 5.5 5.5 5.6
Federal 13.9 13.7 13.9 2.3 2.3 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
State 29.5 29.3 29.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
Local2 66.9 65.4 65.3 12.5 12.4 12.1 4.3 4.3 4.4
1 Nonfarm wage and salary employment estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers who worked during or received pay for the pay period
which includes the 12th of the month. Domestic workers in private households, proprietors, the self-employed, and unpaid family workers are excluded.
Estimates measure the number of jobs by industry. Current month's estimates are preliminary; prior month and year-ago estimates are revised. These estimates
are benchmarked to March 2001 . As a measure of reliability, the March 2001 benchmark revision for total nonfarm wage and salary employment was .08
percent higher than the original sample-based estimate. 2 Regular teachers are included in summer months whether or not specifically paid in those months.
* Where an employment estimate is not entered, either the data is not available in sufficient detail for publication or is nondisclosable by law.
Source: See page 2.
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Earnings and Hours of Production Workers in Manufacturing Industries 1
Not Seasonally Adjusted
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AVERAGE WEEKLY AVERAGE WEEKLY AVERAGE HOURLY ANNUAL AVERAGE AREA AND INDUSTRY EARNINGS HOURS EARNINGS HOURLY EARNINGS
Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 Nov 02 Oct 02 Nov 01 2001 2000 1999
I Hours worked and earnings data are computed based on payroll figures for the week including the 12th of the month for manufacturing production workers. Average hourly
earnings are calculated on a gross basis, and include such factors as premium pay for overtime and shift differential, as well as changes in basic hourly and incentive rates of
pay. Average weekly earnings are the product of weekly hours worked and hourly earnings.
Source: See page 2.
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Nonfarm Employment by Sector January 1997-November 2002, Maine1
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Nonfarm Employment by Industry Division Maine, November 20022
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Hours Worked by Manufacturing Production Workers, Maine2
NDJFMAMJJASON 2001 2002
Nonfarm Employment by Industry Division Maine, Over-the-Year Change, November 20022
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1 Seasonally Adjusted. 2 Not Seasonally Adjusted. Labor Market Information Services
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Population Change of the New England States The demographic components of population change consist of natural change and net migration. Natural change is the difference between the number of births and deaths. Net migration is the difference between the number of people moving into and out of an area.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released state population estimates for 2002. The 2002 population of Maine was estimated at 1,294,464, an increase of 19,541 over 2000. The natural change accounted for 1,4 76 of the increase and net inmigration accounted for 16,050. 1
The impact of the recent national recession on migration patterns to and from Maine has been different than in the previous recession in the early 1990s. The net inmigration of 16,050 between 2000 and 2002 matches the total for the entire decade of the 1990s. The recession of the early 1990s was deeper in Maine than in most of the rest of the nation. Combined with the closure of Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, there was a large net outmigration from Maine in the first half of the 1990s. As labor market conditions improved in the second half of the 1990s, net inmigration resumed and the decade ended with a net inmigration of about 16,000. The early 2000s recession has not been as severe in Maine as in much of the rest of the nation keeping migration patterns on the positive side.
Population and Components of Change, July, 2000 to July 2002
Area
New England Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut
1 The natural change and the net migration figures do not match the net change in population due to a statistical residual component which is not shown in the table. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
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