MAINE PUBLIC • September 2, 2024
A new report from the Maine Department of Labor documents decades of change in the state's workforce, and how those changes have impacted the economy. Mark McInerney, director of workforce research at the DOL, said the report also illustrates the state's transition away from manufacturing, toward an economy driven more by health care, social assistance and business services. He said that shift in industry has also lead to a geographic reconfiguring of the state's economy, as many towns and cities in northern Maine lost their manufacturing businesses.