Maine's unemployment rate drops 0.3% to 3.0% in DEC '17; but reduction is due to a loss of 3,000 from the workforce, as payroll jobs actually drop more than 2,000 NOV '17 levels.https://t.co/t2NtpjXcHD — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) January 25, 2018 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl January 25, 2018 at 09:20AM via IFTTT
Summarized projections of BLS's industry employment projections through 2026.https://t.co/uWMU0RCfSe — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) January 24, 2018 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl January 24, 2018 at 08:35AM via IFTTT
For 2017, the Average Hours Worked / week increased 0.3% (after 2 years of falling), but even in a period of low unemployment, increased demand for hours did not drive wages up much, only 0.4% for the year.https://t.co/jpLImYsPj3 — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) January 23, 2018 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl January 23, 2018 at 10:45AM via […]
County Employment & Wage data for 347 largest US counties through 2Q '17; Cumberland County jobs up 1.9% through 12 month period, wages up 0.9% in same period.https://t.co/lZopSD9iML — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) December 29, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl December 29, 2017 at 10:35AM via IFTTT
New England region has highest average hourly pay & 2nd highest total compensation costs across 9 US regions.https://t.co/7eMfJdxwE6 — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) December 29, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl December 29, 2017 at 09:30AM via IFTTT
And @ 3.3% unemployment, we have a grand total of 23,000 "possible" additional members of our workforce; hard to convince a major business to locate (stay?) in ME with such a dearth of employees. #GrowMELaborForce https://t.co/VyUUiye0f4 — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) December 26, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl December 26, 2017 at 03:35PM via IFTTT
With 619,000 employed, Maine is the 9th smallest State economy as measured by employment; and with https://t.co/r544cCYhnC — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) December 26, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl December 26, 2017 at 03:30PM via IFTTT
This might be a piece of the puzzle as to why in a time of very low unemployment, earnings aren't increasing…Q2 productivity climbs to a respectable 3% growth rate.https://t.co/xSf435sFGN — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) November 29, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl November 29, 2017 at 01:20PM via IFTTT
Speaking of low unemployment…ME's 3 metros all show unemployment rate declines in SEP '17; Bangor down 0.3 pts to 3.1%, L/A down 0.3 pts to 2.9%, Portland down 0.2 pts to 2.5%; hard to find workers at those levels.https://t.co/k1JGGEynQE — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) November 29, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl November 29, 2017 at 11:45AM […]
Real weekly earnings up 0.4% for 12 months ending OCT'17, avg. hours show no change over same period; seems strange with unemployment so low.https://t.co/Qc28z77neu — Rock Coast Personnel (@RockCoastPsnl) November 29, 2017 from Twitter https://twitter.com/RockCoastPsnl November 29, 2017 at 10:35AM via IFTTT