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The Maine Healthcare Occupations Report combines a variety of workforce and education statistics for more than 90,000 workers in healthcare occupations in the state. Population and economic trends, demographics of workers in healthcare occupations, the distribution and mix of healthcare occupational workers by industry, employment forecasts, the number of workers employed in each occupation, wage comparisons to the nation, and more are included.
Unemployment and Labor Force
The labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed. It represents age 16+ residents of an area. Unemployed are those both seeking and available for work. Other jobless people are not in the labor force.
Career Exploration
Resources for career exploration and planning. Includes a broad overview of various types of jobs, and a tool to examine wages, number of jobs, and projected job openings in hundreds of occupations by education level and region of the state.
Education and Training Outcomes
Information on employment and wage outcomes of graduates from a participating post-secondary institutions and from apprenticeship programs.
Job Outlook
Jobs today differ from in the past and will differ in the future. Projections of occupational job openings are a tool for career exploration and planning.