# Cities in Maine by employed residents, 2025

All 11 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/maine-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Portland, ME | 40,356 |
| 2 | Lewiston, ME | 16,818 |
| 3 | South Portland, ME | 16,402 |
| 4 | Bangor, ME | 15,507 |
| 5 | Biddeford, ME | 12,729 |
| 6 | Westbrook, ME | 12,709 |
| 7 | Saco, ME | 12,265 |
| 8 | Auburn, ME | 12,035 |
| 9 | Sanford, ME | 11,498 |
| 10 | Augusta, ME | 8,527 |
| 11 | Waterville, ME | 7,699 |