Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Lewiston-Auburn, ME MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
This Month's Takeaways
Androscoggin County added 9,300+ residents over past decade while losing jobs on net
Maine Department of Labor — Analysis of county population and employment trends
Maine labor force participation fell to 58.6%, down 1.2 points over 12 months
Maine Department of Labor / Senate Joint Economic Committee — September 18, 2026 labor market release
Local Economic Conditions
Lewiston-Auburn unemployment rate at 3.2% and avg hourly earnings $31.94, up 4.5% YoY
Maine Department of Labor — August 2026 Employment Situation Report for Lewiston-Auburn MSA
US nonfarm payrolls added just 29,000 jobs in September, prior months revised down
Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 2026 employment situation report
Looking Ahead
Lewiston City Council considered layoffs of 3-8 positions and hiring freeze for 2027 budget
Spectrum Local News — April 2026 local government budget coverage
Maine minimum wage will rise to $15.70 per hour in 2027
Maine Department of Labor — September 2026 minimum wage notice
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison