Latest news about work in Oakland, ME collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
The most common industries in Oakland are: Health care (13.3% of civilian employees), Educational services (10.5% of civilian employees), Accommodation & food services (8.5% of civilian employees). 79.9% of workers work in Kennebec County and 4.8% of all workers work at home. 63.8% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 7.6% greater than the rate of 59.0% across the entire state of Maine.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Oakland, Maine was 2,758 / 2,550
Most common industries
Most common industries
Industry
All
Males
Females
Health care
13.3% (187)
7.9% (59)
19.6% (128)
Educational services
10.5% (148)
6.5% (49)
15.2% (99)
Accommodation and food services
8.5% (119)
6.9% (52)
10.3% (67)
Public administration
6.2% (87)
5.7% (43)
6.7% (44)
Construction
4.6% (64)
7.5% (56)
1.2% (8)
U. S. Postal service
3.6% (51)
5.2% (39)
1.8% (12)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
3.6% (50)
5.6% (42)
1.2% (8)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
3.6% (50)
1.5% (11)
6.0% (39)
Food and beverage stores
3.3% (46)
2.8% (21)
3.8% (25)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores
3.1% (44)
3.9% (29)
2.3% (15)
Professional, scientific, and technical services
3.1% (44)
4.0% (30)
2.1% (14)
Department and other general merchandise stores
2.8% (40)
0.7% (5)
5.4% (35)
Personal and laundry services
2.8% (39)
2.0% (15)
3.7% (24)
Social assistance
2.8% (39)
1.5% (11)
4.3% (28)
Leather and allied products
2.6% (37)
3.6% (27)
1.5% (10)
Paper
2.4% (33)
4.4% (33)
0.0% (0)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers
2.2% (31)
2.4% (18)
2.0% (13)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1.7% (24)
2.3% (17)
1.1% (7)
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers
1.7% (24)
3.2% (24)
0.0% (0)
Finance and insurance
1.4% (19)
1.2% (9)
1.5% (10)
Printing and related support activities
1.2% (17)
2.3% (17)
0.0% (0)
Administrative and support and waste management services
1.2% (17)
2.3% (17)
0.0% (0)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
1.2% (17)
0.8% (6)
1.7% (11)
Truck transportation
1.1% (16)
2.1% (16)
0.0% (0)
Textile mills and textile products
1.1% (15)
2.0% (15)
0.0% (0)
Private households
0.9% (13)
1.7% (13)
0.0% (0)
Computer and electronic products
0.9% (12)
1.6% (12)
0.0% (0)
Other direct selling establishments
0.9% (12)
0.0% (0)
1.8% (12)
Miscellaneous manufacturing
0.8% (11)
1.5% (11)
0.0% (0)
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores
0.8% (11)
1.5% (11)
0.0% (0)
Metal and metal products
0.8% (11)
1.5% (11)
0.0% (0)
Fuel dealers
0.6% (9)
0.0% (0)
1.4% (9)
Wood products
0.6% (8)
0.0% (0)
1.2% (8)
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores
0.6% (8)
0.0% (0)
1.2% (8)
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
0.6% (8)
1.1% (8)
0.0% (0)
Apparel
0.5% (7)
0.0% (0)
1.1% (7)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
0.5% (7)
0.9% (7)
0.0% (0)
Utilities
0.5% (7)
0.9% (7)
0.0% (0)
Music stores
0.4% (6)
0.0% (0)
0.9% (6)
Repair and maintenance
0.4% (6)
0.0% (0)
0.9% (6)
Food
0.4% (5)
0.7% (5)
0.0% (0)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries
0.4% (5)
0.7% (5)
0.0% (0)
Unemployment in Oakland
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.6%Males
Unemployment by race in 2000
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.5%Males
4.7%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
8.1% (72)
Maine:
6.3% (36,485)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Oakland:
1.5% (14)
Maine:
4.0% (22,739)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
16.8% (149)
Maine:
5.1% (29,327)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Oakland:
3.3% (29)
Maine:
9.8% (56,442)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
11.3% (100)
Maine:
11.6% (66,662)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Oakland:
18.5% (164)
Maine:
15.1% (87,057)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
18.6% (165)
Maine:
13.1% (75,494)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Oakland:
5.7% (51)
Maine:
10.4% (59,881)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
1.5% (13)
Maine:
4.7% (27,054)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
6.7% (59)
Maine:
5.2% (30,063)
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
Oakland:
1.8% (16)
Maine:
2.5% (14,157)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Oakland:
3.2% (29)
Maine:
6.3% (36,317)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Oakland:
5.0% (44)
Maine:
4.4% (25,248)
<5am:
Oakland:
5.3% (74)
Maine:
4.4% (26,948)
5:30am:
Oakland:
2.4% (34)
Maine:
3.7% (22,592)
6am:
Oakland:
8.1% (114)
Maine:
5.2% (32,239)
6:30am:
Oakland:
11.8% (166)
Maine:
9.4% (57,835)
7am:
Oakland:
9.0% (127)
Maine:
11.5% (70,598)
7:30am:
Oakland:
16.7% (235)
Maine:
14.9% (91,521)
8am:
Oakland:
16.3% (229)
Maine:
14.4% (88,758)
8:30am:
Oakland:
4.6% (64)
Maine:
9.0% (55,154)
9am:
Oakland:
4.3% (61)
Maine:
4.0% (24,448)
10am:
Oakland:
2.5% (35)
Maine:
3.8% (23,244)
11am:
Oakland:
2.6% (37)
Maine:
1.7% (10,648)
12pm:
Oakland:
1.6% (23)
Maine:
1.0% (5,881)
4pm:
Oakland:
6.7% (94)
Maine:
6.9% (42,456)
>4pm:
Oakland:
4.3% (61)
Maine:
5.8% (35,860)
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
12.7% (46)
Maine:
8.5% (25,691)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
16.0% (58)
Maine:
6.1% (18,409)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
2.1% (8)
Maine:
11.9% (35,862)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
10.3% (38)
Maine:
11.6% (34,949)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
19.3% (71)
Maine:
14.4% (43,448)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
16.2% (59)
Maine:
10.8% (32,624)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
11.2% (41)
Maine:
9.2% (27,736)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
4.3% (16)
Maine:
4.0% (12,130)
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m. - Males:
Oakland:
8.1% (29)
Maine:
2.3% (6,782)
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
5.0% (26)
Maine:
3.9% (10,794)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
2.6% (13)
Maine:
2.2% (6,056)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
20.1% (105)
Maine:
4.0% (10,918)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
3.0% (16)
Maine:
7.5% (20,580)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
11.9% (62)
Maine:
11.5% (31,713)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
18.0% (94)
Maine:
15.9% (43,609)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
19.4% (101)
Maine:
15.6% (42,870)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
2.0% (11)
Maine:
11.7% (32,145)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
2.4% (13)
Maine:
5.5% (15,060)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
Oakland:
9.1% (47)
Maine:
6.5% (17,933)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Females:
Oakland:
5.8% (30)
Maine:
6.7% (18,433)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Females:
Oakland:
10.1% (53)
Maine:
4.8% (13,070)
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.9% Number of people working at home: 48 (4.8% of all workers)
Less than 5 minutes:
Oakland:
4.4% (69)
Maine:
4.5% (25,569)
5 to 9 minutes:
Oakland:
12.5% (196)
Maine:
12.2% (69,403)
10 to 14 minutes:
Oakland:
11.5% (179)
Maine:
15.7% (88,937)
15 to 19 minutes:
Oakland:
22.7% (354)
Maine:
15.6% (88,789)
20 to 24 minutes:
Oakland:
14.1% (221)
Maine:
12.7% (71,866)
25 to 29 minutes:
Oakland:
8.5% (132)
Maine:
5.7% (32,512)
30 to 34 minutes:
Oakland:
11.2% (175)
Maine:
12.1% (68,435)
35 to 39 minutes:
Oakland:
2.5% (40)
Maine:
3.2% (17,909)
40 to 44 minutes:
Oakland:
1.5% (23)
Maine:
3.8% (21,688)
45 to 59 minutes:
Oakland:
4.2% (66)
Maine:
7.6% (42,910)
60 to 89 minutes:
Oakland:
6.2% (96)
Maine:
4.8% (27,255)
90 or more minutes:
Oakland:
0.0% (1)
Maine:
2.2% (12,587)
Less than 5 minutes:
Oakland:
4.3% (60)
Maine:
5.6% (34,404)
5 to 9 minutes:
Oakland:
11.3% (159)
Maine:
14.1% (86,612)
10 to 14 minutes:
Oakland:
23.5% (330)
Maine:
16.0% (98,470)
15 to 19 minutes:
Oakland:
15.3% (215)
Maine:
14.9% (91,940)
20 to 24 minutes:
Oakland:
10.2% (143)
Maine:
13.1% (80,377)
25 to 29 minutes:
Oakland:
6.8% (96)
Maine:
5.1% (31,321)
30 to 34 minutes:
Oakland:
13.5% (189)
Maine:
10.4% (63,930)
40 to 44 minutes:
Oakland:
2.1% (29)
Maine:
2.7% (16,863)
45 to 59 minutes:
Oakland:
4.8% (67)
Maine:
5.6% (34,475)
60 to 89 minutes:
Oakland:
2.9% (41)
Maine:
3.6% (21,933)
90 or more minutes:
Oakland:
1.8% (25)
Maine:
2.3% (14,180)
Less than 5 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
5.8% (45)
Maine:
4.3% (12,823)
5 to 9 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
9.5% (72)
Maine:
11.7% (34,814)
10 to 14 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
13.5% (103)
Maine:
13.7% (40,860)
15 to 19 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
12.0% (92)
Maine:
15.0% (44,508)
20 to 24 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
15.0% (114)
Maine:
12.8% (38,222)
25 to 29 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
8.9% (68)
Maine:
5.1% (15,091)
30 to 34 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
15.2% (116)
Maine:
12.8% (37,981)
35 to 39 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
0.7% (5)
Maine:
3.1% (9,094)
40 to 44 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
2.8% (21)
Maine:
3.9% (11,537)
45 to 59 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
5.0% (38)
Maine:
8.7% (25,889)
60 to 89 minutes - Males:
Oakland:
10.0% (77)
Maine:
6.2% (18,568)
90 or more minutes - Males:
Oakland:
0.1% (1)
Maine:
2.8% (8,272)
Less than 5 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
2.4% (19)
Maine:
4.7% (12,746)
5 to 9 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
15.2% (121)
Maine:
12.8% (34,589)
10 to 14 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
9.8% (78)
Maine:
17.8% (48,077)
15 to 19 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
33.6% (268)
Maine:
16.4% (44,281)
20 to 24 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
13.3% (106)
Maine:
12.5% (33,644)
25 to 29 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
8.1% (64)
Maine:
6.4% (17,421)
30 to 34 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
7.6% (61)
Maine:
11.3% (30,454)
35 to 39 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
4.5% (36)
Maine:
3.3% (8,815)
45 to 59 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
3.5% (28)
Maine:
6.3% (17,021)
60 to 89 minutes - Females:
Oakland:
2.0% (16)
Maine:
3.2% (8,687)
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Oakland:
86.3% (1,448)
Maine:
83.0% (223,192)
Carpooled:
Oakland:
10.9% (183)
Maine:
9.8% (28,527)
Walked:
Oakland:
2.8% (47)
Maine:
4.5% (12,423)
Drove car alone:
Oakland:
82.4% (1,157)
Maine:
78.6% (483,317)
Carpooled:
Oakland:
9.9% (139)
Maine:
11.3% (69,208)
Taxicab:
Oakland:
0.4% (6)
Maine:
0.2% (1,250)
Walked:
Oakland:
1.9% (27)
Maine:
4.0% (24,700)
Other means:
Oakland:
1.8% (25)
Maine:
0.7% (4,104)
Drove car alone - Males:
Oakland:
84.5% (685)
Maine:
83.4% (223,192)
Carpooled - Males:
Oakland:
11.0% (89)
Maine:
9.0% (28,527)
Walked - Males:
Oakland:
4.5% (36)
Maine:
4.4% (12,423)
Drove car alone - Females:
Oakland:
88.0% (764)
Maine:
82.6% (223,192)
Carpooled - Females:
Oakland:
10.8% (94)
Maine:
10.6% (28,527)
Walked - Females:
Oakland:
1.2% (10)
Maine:
4.6% (12,423)
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Oakland:
89.4% (774)
Maine:
89.6% (477,852)
In 2 person carpool:
Oakland:
9.9% (86)
Maine:
8.7% (46,398)
In 3 person carpool:
Oakland:
0.7% (6)
Maine:
0.9% (5,058)
Drove alone:
Oakland:
89.3% (1,157)
Maine:
87.5% (483,317)
In 2 person carpool:
Oakland:
8.6% (112)
Maine:
10.3% (56,707)
In 3 person carpool:
Oakland:
1.3% (17)
Maine:
1.4% (7,855)
In 4 person carpool:
Oakland:
0.8% (10)
Maine:
0.3% (1,917)
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Oakland:
63.8% (658)
Maine:
59.0% (410,614)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Oakland:
1.3% (13)
Maine:
4.9% (33,852)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Oakland:
21.8% (225)
Maine:
14.1% (98,133)
Local government workers:
Oakland:
8.7% (90)
Maine:
7.4% (51,222)
State government workers:
Oakland:
2.1% (22)
Maine:
3.9% (27,203)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Oakland:
2.2% (23)
Maine:
8.0% (55,536)
Employee of private company:
Oakland:
63.2% (887)
Maine:
62.7% (390,945)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Oakland:
1.0% (14)
Maine:
3.1% (19,246)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Oakland:
11.8% (166)
Maine:
10.2% (63,603)
Local government workers:
Oakland:
8.6% (121)
Maine:
7.6% (47,389)
State government workers:
Oakland:
5.8% (81)
Maine:
4.3% (26,534)
Federal government workers:
Oakland:
4.2% (59)
Maine:
2.6% (16,465)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Oakland:
5.4% (76)
Maine:
9.3% (58,153)
Employee of private company - Males:
Oakland:
48.3% (195)
Maine:
63.1% (223,624)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Oakland:
43.1% (174)
Maine:
9.0% (31,812)
State government workers - Males:
Oakland:
5.4% (22)
Maine:
3.5% (12,403)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Oakland:
3.2% (13)
Maine:
9.6% (33,880)
Employee of private company - Females:
Oakland:
73.8% (463)
Maine:
54.7% (186,990)
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Oakland:
2.1% (13)
Maine:
3.7% (12,661)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Oakland:
8.1% (51)
Maine:
19.4% (66,321)
Local government workers - Females:
Oakland:
14.4% (90)
Maine:
9.3% (31,664)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Oakland:
1.6% (10)
Maine:
6.3% (21,656)
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