Category Archives: Wages

Maine’s personal income growth for second quarter on par with New England, Nation

THE Bureau of Economic Analysis released State Quarterly Personal Income figures for the second quarter of this year.  Maine’s personal income grew from the first quarter to the second of this year by 1.5%, with net earnings* (0.8 percentage points), dividends, interest, and rents (0.3 pp), and transfer receipts** (0.4 pp) making up that increase. […]

Maine wages level off from 2013 – 2014

THE Center for Workforce Research and Information released average weekly wage data for the first quarter of this year for Maine.  Overall, wages leveled off from Q1 2013 to Q1 2014, with real wages for all industries declining $1.40, and real wages for service providing industries and goods producing industries declining $1.59 and $2.56, respectively. […]