Aroostook County, ME

FIPS 23003 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Aroostook County had an annual average of 26,000 jobs across 2,396 establishments, paying $1.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

26,000

+1.1% YoY

Establishments

2,396

Total Wages

$1.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$51,146

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Aroostook County, ME, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 2,771 58 $1,095 $127.1M
622 NAICS 622 1,798 5 $1,497 $133.2M
722 NAICS 722 1,437 116 $434 $32.4M
621 NAICS 621 1,433 129 $1,207 $85.3M
623 NAICS 623 1,385 41 $1,070 $53.4M
321 NAICS 321 868 25 $1,253 $56.6M
311 NAICS 311 850 12 $1,100 $48.6M
445 NAICS 445 835 40 $517 $22.5M
111 NAICS 111 806 85 $693 $29.1M
455 NAICS 455 774 24 $562 $22.6M
624 NAICS 624 729 70 $1,129 $24.9M
457 NAICS 457 663 69 $640 $22.0M
441 NAICS 441 658 58 $996 $34.1M
928 NAICS 928 626 4 $1,212 $39.4M
238 NAICS 238 613 120 $1,149 $36.6M
922 NAICS 922 573 43 $2,423 $57.9M
484 NAICS 484 541 103 $1,111 $31.3M
541 NAICS 541 497 196 $2,931 $39.7M
113 NAICS 113 488 130 $1,206 $30.6M
921 NAICS 921 481 56 $1,728 $20.8M
561 NAICS 561 477 84 $661 $16.4M
522 NAICS 522 428 45 $1,657 $24.5M
444 NAICS 444 404 31 $752 $15.8M
524 NAICS 524 368 34 $1,425 $27.3M
237 NAICS 237 324 30 $1,116 $17.8M
423 NAICS 423 290 52 $1,350 $20.4M
811 NAICS 811 284 73 $1,121 $13.6M
923 NAICS 923 246 8 $1,761 $13.7M
332 NAICS 332 231 8 $916 $11.0M
236 NAICS 236 224 60 $937 $10.9M
721 NAICS 721 223 30 $480 $5.6M
531 NAICS 531 220 56 $1,021 $9.1M
551 NAICS 551 220 40 $1,158 $13.3M
424 NAICS 424 190 27 $1,378 $13.6M
456 NAICS 456 187 23 $825 $8.0M
492 NAICS 492 168 7 $1,056 $9.2M
491 NAICS 491 147 37 $1,128 $8.6M
562 NAICS 562 143 22 $953 $7.0M
459 NAICS 459 141 42 $522 $3.8M
713 NAICS 713 114 12 $372 $2.2M
221 NAICS 221 98 18 $1,130 $5.8M
488 NAICS 488 87 20 $1,206 $4.6M
517 NAICS 517 81 13 $1,518 $6.4M
449 NAICS 449 68 16 $829 $2.9M
516 NAICS 516 62 6 $1,007 $3.2M
926 NAICS 926 57 10 $1,302 $3.0M
327 NAICS 327 47 4 $1,044 $2.5M
532 NAICS 532 40 8 $909 $1.9M
333 NAICS 333 39 3 $1,187 $2.4M
513 NAICS 513 33 19 $1,790 $3.1M
924 NAICS 924 32 7 $1,224 $1.9M
519 NAICS 519 31 9 $587 $0.9M
925 NAICS 925 28 5 $1,415 $2.1M
323 NAICS 323 28 4 $479 $0.7M
485 NAICS 485 21 3 $788 $0.9M
458 NAICS 458 21 9 $513 $0.6M
112 NAICS 112 19 6 $549 $0.5M
339 NAICS 339 19 7 $877 $0.9M
115 NAICS 115 13 3 $1,139 $0.8M
312 NAICS 312 12 3 $415 $0.3M
523 NAICS 523 12 7 $2,291 $1.4M
712 NAICS 712 2 1 $201 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

1,206

jobs · $81,360 avg pay

State Government

992

jobs · $55,361 avg pay

Local Government

3,756

jobs · $47,965 avg pay

Private

20,046

jobs · $49,719 avg pay

ME Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.1%

April 2026

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