St. John, ME Unemployment Rate Report

St. John, ME Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St.-John, Maine has ranged from 0.7% in December 1998 to 34.4% in May 2021. The current unemployment rate for St.-John is 14.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. John, ME Unemployment Rate by Month

Very High Unemployment Area

St. John, ME Current Unemployment - 14.1%

St. John, ME Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2022	15.1%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	11.2%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2022	10.1%	4.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	29.7%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	31.6%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	26.9%	3.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	9.1%	2.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	14.1%	2.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2021	14.9%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.9%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	13.7%	5.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	29.8%	5.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	34.4%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	32.5%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	9.9%	4.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	9.0%	4.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	11.2%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.4%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	8.3%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	11.4%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2020	15.2%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	14.1%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.7%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2020	24.2%	11.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.0%	9.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	18.0%	6.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	22.6%	9.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	16.2%	6.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	11.2%	5.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	11.6%	4.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.9%	4.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	12.0%	5.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2019	5.6%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.5%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	10.5%	3.9%	3.8%
4 / 2019	16.8%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2019	27.6%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	22.0%	2.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	13.1%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.2%	2.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.3%	2.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.6%	2.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.6%	2.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2018	9.4%	3.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	9.3%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	12.0%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2018	18.9%	3.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	26.5%	3.2%	3.8%
6 / 2018	16.3%	3.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.4%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.2%	2.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.6%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.5%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.5%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.3%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	6.4%	4.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	10.9%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	21.2%	3.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	25.4%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	12.7%	3.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.2%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	2.2%	2.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.4%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.3%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.2%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.2%	3.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2016	6.5%	4.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.5%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.4%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	26.3%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	31.3%	3.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	21.7%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.1%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.1%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.3%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	10.9%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	9.2%	3.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.3%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2015	7.4%	5.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.2%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	11.0%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	28.8%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	31.0%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	24.8%	4.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.2%	4.0%	5.2%
8 / 2015	8.1%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.2%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.3%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.4%	3.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.4%	3.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2014	11.0%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.8%	7.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	14.5%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	14.9%	6.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	20.8%	5.7%	6.3%
6 / 2014	17.2%	5.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	14.3%	5.2%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.8%	4.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.7%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.1%	4.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.9%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2014	9.2%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2013	11.1%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.9%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.7%	7.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	20.2%	7.2%	7.6%
5 / 2013	18.9%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.0%	6.4%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.1%	6.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.9%	5.7%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.9%	5.7%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.6%	5.6%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.9%	6.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	12.1%	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2012	13.1%	8.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.1%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.0%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	20.9%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	23.3%	7.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.0%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.6%	7.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	11.5%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.1%	6.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.9%	6.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.3%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.5%	7.2%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2011	9.9%	9.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	14.6%	9.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.6%	9.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	25.4%	8.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	26.0%	8.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.5%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.3%	7.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.0%	6.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.4%	7.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.8%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.9%	7.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.1%	7.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2010	10.9%	9.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.8%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	12.3%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	28.9%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	31.0%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	22.2%	7.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	17.1%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.3%	7.2%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.5%	7.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.2%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.9%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.8%	8.0%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2009	5.4%	8.4%	7.8%
2 / 2009	5.4%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	13.2%	9.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	27.5%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	27.5%	8.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	26.2%	8.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	16.0%	7.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.3%	7.3%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.9%	7.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.6%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.6%	7.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	5.4%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2008	7.5%	5.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.2%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.3%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	20.9%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2008	21.6%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	13.4%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	13.4%	5.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.1%	4.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.6%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.2%	5.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.2%	6.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.3%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2007	7.5%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.2%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.2%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	19.1%	4.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	23.4%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	17.3%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.6%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	2.6%	4.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.1%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	2.6%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	11.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.0%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2006	5.0%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.4%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.9%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	23.3%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	29.6%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	14.4%	4.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	13.2%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2006	9.5%	4.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	11.1%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	10.9%	4.1%	4.4%
11 / 2006	13.6%	4.5%	4.5%
12 / 2006	10.9%	4.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2005	6.7%	5.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.4%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.0%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	15.9%	5.2%	5.2%
5 / 2005	19.0%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.9%	4.7%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.6%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.1%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.0%	4.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	8.2%	4.6%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.8%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2004	9.9%	5.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.8%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.4%	5.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	14.3%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 2004	15.5%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.8%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2004	11.3%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.0%	3.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.7%	4.1%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.1%	4.2%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.7%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.3%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2003	6.7%	5.6%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.2%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.3%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	11.4%	5.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	19.4%	4.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	14.1%	4.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	2.7%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	1.8%	4.3%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.8%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	11.1%	4.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	11.3%	4.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.8%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2002	2.7%	5.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	1.8%	4.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	2.7%	4.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.5%	4.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	14.4%	4.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	11.5%	4.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.2%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.5%	3.6%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.2%	3.8%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.3%	3.9%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.3%	4.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	9.8%	4.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2001	2.7%	4.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.5%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	1.8%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.5%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.7%	3.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.0%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	2.7%	3.7%	4.6%
8 / 2001	1.8%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	2.6%	3.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	2.6%	3.6%	5.3%
11 / 2001	2.6%	4.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	1.8%	4.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 2000	2.5%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.5%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.3%	4.2%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.0%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	1.7%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	1.7%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	1.7%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	1.7%	2.6%	4.1%
9 / 2000	1.7%	2.7%	3.9%
10 / 2000	1.7%	2.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	1.7%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	1.7%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1999	0.8%	4.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	0.8%	5.1%	4.4%
3 / 1999	0.8%	4.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.2%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.1%	4.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.7%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	0.8%	3.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	0.8%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	0.8%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	0.7%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	0.7%	3.6%	4.1%
12 / 1999	0.7%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1998	0.8%	6.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	0.8%	5.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.6%	5.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.4%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.4%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.1%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	0.8%	4.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	0.8%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	0.8%	3.7%	4.6%
10 / 1998	0.8%	3.9%	4.5%
11 / 1998	0.8%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	0.7%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1997	1.7%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 1997	1.6%	6.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	1.6%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.6%	5.7%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.4%	5.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	2.5%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	0.8%	4.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.5%	4.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	0.8%	4.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	0.8%	4.2%	4.7%
11 / 1997	1.5%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	0.8%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1996	4.6%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.5%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.7%	6.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.4%	5.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	1.8%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	1.7%	4.9%	5.3%
7 / 1996	1.7%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1996	0.8%	4.2%	5.1%
9 / 1996	0.8%	4.2%	5.2%
10 / 1996	0.8%	4.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	0.8%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	0.8%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1995	4.7%	7.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.4%	7.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.8%	7.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.7%	6.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.3%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.0%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	1.6%	5.5%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.1%	4.9%	5.7%
9 / 1995	0.8%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	0.8%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.9%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.1%	5.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1994	9.9%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.4%	8.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.6%	8.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.1%	7.7%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.2%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.1%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	1.9%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	1.9%	5.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	1.9%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	1.9%	5.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.5%	6.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.7%	6.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1993	4.0%	8.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	2.0%	8.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.1%	8.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.4%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.7%	7.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	2.2%	7.0%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.9%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	19.5%	6.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	18.3%	6.4%	6.7%
10 / 1993	11.7%	6.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.4%	7.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.7%	7.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1992	1.8%	9.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	3.4%	9.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.7%	8.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	1.9%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.0%	7.3%	7.6%
6 / 1992	2.9%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.1%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	1.7%	5.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.1%	6.0%	7.6%
10 / 1992	1.5%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.4%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.3%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1991	5.5%	8.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.7%	9.5%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.0%	9.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.4%	8.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.7%	7.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.3%	7.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.8%	6.7%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.3%	5.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	1.7%	6.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	1.6%	6.1%	7.0%
11 / 1991	1.6%	6.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	3.2%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. John, ME%	Maine%	National %
1 / 1990	2.8%	5.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.7%	5.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.7%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.6%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.7%	4.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.3%	4.6%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.6%	4.8%	5.5%
8 / 1990	0.9%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	1.8%	4.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	1.8%	5.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.9%	6.4%	6.2%
12 / 1990	2.6%	6.8%	6.3%