This document provides an overview of technology employment and industry in Maine in 2017. It finds that there were 34,800 net technology jobs in Maine, a gain of 510 jobs from 2016. The leading technology industry sectors by employment were R&D, testing, and engineering services; IT services and custom software services; and telecommunications and internet services. Network architects, administrators, and support specialists; software and web developers; and computer system and information security analysts were the top technology occupation categories. The estimated direct contribution of the technology sector to Maine's economy was $2.6 billion.

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2017
YoY %
Change
R&D, Testing, and Engineering Services 5,570 1.9%
IT Services + Custom Software Services 5,510 3.9%
Telecommunications and Internet Services 2,960 0.5%
Tech Manufacturing 2,100 -4.5%
Software [packaged] 340 19.3%
0
10,000
20,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
est.
[
+280 jobs
+1.7%
TECH INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
TECH
INDUSTRY
JOBS
16,500
TECH
OCCUPATION
JOBS
24,000
STATE OF TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
44% of Tech Industry Jobs
Are in Tech Occupations
LEADING TECH OCCUPATION CATEGORIES
$43,320
$77,310
Average
State Wage
Average Tech
Industry Wage
TECH
WAGES
ARE 78%
HIGHER
TECH INDUSTRY WAGES
Network Architects, Admins., and Support Specialists
Software and Web Developers
Computer System and Information Security Analysts
4.7%Estimated direct
contribution of the
tech sector to the
Maine economy:
$2.6 billion
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Maine
34,800 NET TECH EMPLOYMENT1
510 NET TECH JOB GAINS [2017 vs. 2016]
5.0% NET EMPLOYMENT AS A % OF OVERALL WORKFORCE
2,803 TECH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS [firms with payroll]
5,470 TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS [2017 total]
-28.3% EMERGING TECH JOB POSTINGS % CHANGE [2017 vs. 2016]
LEADING TECH INDUSTRY SECTORS [by employment]
1
net of tech industry + tech occupation + self-employed [see methodology for details]
42nd NET TECH EMPLOYMENT RANK
33rd NET TECH EMPLOYMENT JOBS ADDED RANK
35th INNOVATION SCORE RANK
3,100
+1.8% YoY
2,460
+1.7% YoY
2,130
+2.7% YoY
Primary data sources: EMSI | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
| Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights. All data are estimates covering the 2017 time
period, unless specified as earlier | See Appendix for full methodology and data tables