Workforce

Maine’s workforce has a well-deserved reputation for productivity and stability. Just as important is the availability of large regional labor markets. Sanford is part of the Portland labor market, Maine’s largest, and is adjacent to New Hampshire’s second largest labor market in Strafford County (Rochester, Dover, Somersworth) and the eastern portion of Rockingham County around Portsmouth. Surprising to some is the fact that within a predictable 45 minute drive there are over 250,000 workers who are employed across the entire economic spectrum, including Tom’s of Maine, The Baker Company, Roehm America, IDEXX Laboratories, Pratt & Whitney, Flemish Master Weavers, Hussey Seating, and a host of small to medium technology driven, growth companies. See Profiles – Leading Employers

New Englanders in general, and Mainers in particular, represent a labor force stability unheard of in other regions. Devotion to family, tradition and the region’s superb quality of life are powerful forces that keep the labor force stable and ensure high productivity.

Many business professionals who visit Maine are struck by its legendary beauty. Vast forestlands, hundreds of miles of beaches, stunning seaside villages, pristine lakes, streams and mountains are all part of the Maine landscape that has enriched and renewed millions of visitors from all over the world.

And yet, as anyone who has lived here will tell you, Maine’s truest character is revealed in its people and the work they perform. From the thousands of shipyard workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, to the hundreds of scientists at world renowned Jackson Laboratories, to the extraordinary can-do bridge builders and engineers of the Cianbro Corporation, and in businesses and organizations throughout the Sanford Region, you will find a very special people who are among the most productive workers on earth, a people who truly define resourcefulness, dependability, and inventiveness.

This combination of work ethic and skill has engendered a tradition of excellence passed down from generations that has long characterized Maine workers. To be sure, just as “Maine Made” products are recognized worldwide for quality and integrity, so too is the Maine Workforce.

The Sanford Region is particularly enriched by the combination of its core Maine workforce from York and Cumberland counties as well as a significant labor force from nearby Strafford & Rockingham Counties in New Hampshire, who share the common New England work ethic and high productivity of its Maine neighbors.