Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment by Industry, 2005 (in thousands)

Source: Maine Department of Labor, Division of Labor Market Information Services, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

INDUSTRY

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Annual

Average

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment 589.5 591.3 592.1 603 614.6 625.6 623.2 623.2 623.1 619.2 618.2 617.8 611.7

Total Private

485.5 483.7 484.5 495.4 506.7 519.3 530.2 530.6 518 511.5 509.2 508.9 507

Goods Producing

91.3 90.5 90.5 92.8 95 97.2 97.6 98.1 96.6 95.6 96.3 94.8 94.7

Natural Resources and Mining

2.9 2.9 2.8 2.2 2 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.7

Logging

2.8 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.6

Construction

27 26.5 26.7 29.2 31.4 32.8 33.6 33.2 32.7 32.4 31.9 30.4 30.7

Construction of Buildings

7.6 7.5 7.5 8 8 8.2 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.1 8

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

2.8 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.7 4 4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.8 3.3

Specialty Trade Contractors

16.6 16.3 16.4 18.1 19.7 20.6 21.1 21.2 20.8 20.7 20.4 19.5 19.3

Manufacturing

61.4 61.1 61 61.4 61.6 61.9 61.2 62.1 61.1 60.4 61.5 61.5 61.4

Durable Goods

33 32.7 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.8 32.3 32.5 32.2 32.1 33.1 33.2 32.7

Wood Product Manufacturing

6.6 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.6

Computer and Electronic Product Mfg.

3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5

Transportation Equipment Mfg.

9.8 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.3

Non-Durable Goods

28.4 28.4 28.3 28.6 28.8 29.1 28.9 29.6 28.9 28.3 28.4 28.3 28.7

Paper Manufacturing

9.6 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.5

Service-Providing

498.2 500.8 501.6 510.2 519.6 528.4 525.6 525.1 526.5 523.6 521.9 523 517

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

123.1 120.7 119.8 121.3 123 126.1 127.7 127.9 126.1 126.4 129.4 130.8 125.2

Wholesale Trade

20.9 20.9 20.9 21.1 21.4 21.7 21.9 21.9 21.7 21.6 21.5 21.6 21.4

Retail Trade

85.6 83.3 82.7 84.1 85.3 87.5 88.9 89 87.4 87.8 91.1 92.1 87.1

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

10.4 10.4 10.3 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.6

Food and Beverage Stores

18.2 17.9 17.8 18.1 18.7 19.5 19.8 19.7 19 18.1 17.8 17.8 18.5

General Merchandise Stores

12 11.7 11.7 11.9 11.9 12.1 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.4 12.3

Nonstore Retailers

9.6 8.7 8.4 8.1 7.9 8 8.2 8.3 8.6 10 12.4 12.6 9.2

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities

16.6 16.5 16.2 16.1 16.3 16.9 16.9 17 17 17 16.8 17.1 16.7

Utilities

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9

Transportation and Warehousing

14.7 14.6 14.3 14.2 14.4 15 15 15.1 15.1 15.1 14.9 15.2 14.8

Information

11.2 11.1 11.2 11.1 11.2 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.3 11.2

Publishing Industries

3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6

Financial Activities

34 33.9 34 33.9 34.1 34.3 34.8 34.6 34 34.2 34 34.1 34.2

Finance and Insurance

27.3 27.2 27.2 26.9 26.8 26.8 27.1 26.9 26.6 27 27 27 27

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12 12 12 12 12.1

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

6.7 6.7 6.8 7 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.2 7 7.1 7.2

Professional and Business Services

47.8 47.8 48.2 49.7 50.6 51.2 51.9 52.1 51.3 51.2 50.9 51 50.3

Professional, Scientific, and Tech.

22.8 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.6 22.6 22.9 22.8 22.7 22.9 22.9 23.3 22.9

Management of Companies and Enterpr.

5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7

Administrative and Support and Wast.

19.4 19.3 19.7 21.2 22.4 22.9 23.2 23.5 22.8 22.6 22.3 21.9 21.8

Education and Health Services

110 111.6 111.9 112.7 112.8 111.5 111.5 111.3 112.3 113.6 114.1 113.5 112.2

Educational Services

16.9 18.8 18.9 19 18.4 16.9 17 16.9 18.1 19.3 19.6 18.9 18.2

Health Care and Social Assistance

93.1 92.8 93 93.7 94.4 94.6 94.5 94.4 94.2 94.3 94.5 94.6 94

Ambulatory Health Care Services

24.1 24 24 24.1 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.6 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.6 24.4

Hospitals

28.5 28.4 28.4 28.7 28.8 29.2 29.2 29.2 29.1 29 29.1 29.1 28.9

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

22.2 22.1 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.5 22.3 22.4 22.4 22.5 22.4

Social Assistance

18.3 18.3 18.3 18.5 18.7 18.3 18 18.1 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.4 18.3

Leisure and Hospitality

48.6 48.6 49.2 53.9 59.8 67.6 74.9 75 66.4 59.5 53.6 53.5 59.2

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

6.9 7 6.9 7.3 8.1 9.5 10.3 10.3 8.8 7.4 6.3 7.2 8

Accommodation and Food Services

41.7 41.6 42.3 46.6 51.7 58.1 64.6 64.7 57.6 52.1 47.3 46.3 51.2

Accommodation

7.3 7.3 7.4 8.8 11 14.1 17.5 17.6 14.2 11.6 9.1 8.6 11.2

Food Services and Drinking Places

34.4 34.3 34.9 37.8 40.7 44 47.1 47.1 43.4 40.5 38.2 37.7 40

Other Services

19.5 19.5 19.7 20 20.2 20.3 20.6 20.4 20.2 19.9 19.8 19.9 20

Government

104 107.6 107.6 107.6 107.9 106.3 93 92.6 105.1 107.7 109 108.9 104.8

Federal

14.2 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.3 14.3 14.2 14.1 14 13.9 14 14.1

State

26.9 29.7 29.8 29.8 29 26.6 26.6 26.4 29 30.2 30.2 30.2 28.7

Local

62.9 63.7 63.7 63.6 64.8 65.4 52.1 52 62 63.5 64.9 64.7 61.9