Jobs in the Portland-South Portland, ME area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has 163 open job postings from 47 employers in our data. 36% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $120,500 a year, 10.4% are remote and 31.9% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $120,500 posted salary in the Portland area buys about what $118,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 2% above the national average.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($57,000) is worth $56,000 in average-US dollars, 15th of 99 metro areas.
10.4% of postings are remote, 6th highest of 99 metro areas.
The unemployment rate is 2.7%, 1.4 points below the median of the metro areas in this report.
36% of open job postings list a pay range, 23rd of 99 metro areas.
Portland compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
163open postings from 47 employers
36%list a pay range
$120,500median posted pay (middle half: $65,500 to $175,000)
10.4%remote
2.7%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$57,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
12.3%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 2.7% in 2026-08 (2.6% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Maine, employers had 28,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.1% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 6% above its February 2020 level and 2.4% lower than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Portland, ME
104
33
40.3%
$162,500
South Portland, ME
22
8
69.2%
–
Westbrook, ME
16
4
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
60
Real Estate & Construction
21
Retail & E-commerce
17
Manufacturing & Industrial
16
Employers with the most openings
Convenientmd: 30 postings
Floor & Decor: 16 postings
Forerunner: 10 postings
Boxlunch: 9 postings
Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope: 7 postings
Federal government hiring
32 federal job announcements open to the public list Portland-South Portland, ME, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), National Credit Union Administration (5), U.S. Coast Guard (2), Drug Enforcement Administration (1), Internal Revenue Service (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Portland-South Portland, ME area run 2% above the national average, and housing runs 5% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $57,000, which is worth $56,000 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $120,500 is worth $118,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
