Maine's CHOICES CEO Project
Maine's Disability and Employment Dashboard
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Employment Participation
People with disabilities are an untapped resource for the state of Maine. There are many people with disabilities who want to work but who are unemployed, under-employed, or who have been unable to enter the job market. There are several programs in Maine — including the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, One-Stop Career Centers and the CHOICES CEO project — that share a common goal of supporting people with disabilities who work or who would like to work. This section outlines several markers of employment participation that we would like to see increase.
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Employment Participation of Working-age Adults in Maine by Disability Status In 2007, there were about 137,000 working-age adults with a disability living in Maine. Of these, 52,000 were employed. The employment rate of people with disabilities is about one-half the rate of those with no disability. This is true in both the state of Maine and the country as a whole. In 2007, 38 percent of adults with disabilities were employed — compared
to 82 percent of adults without a disability. The estimated employment
rates for both adults with and without disabilities have remained
about the same since 2005. |
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Employment Participation of Working-age Adults in Maine by Disability Type In general, employment participation is highest among adults with sensory disabilities and lowest among those with self-care, go-outside-the-home, and employment disabilities (see definitions on page 17). More than half of all adults with sensory disabilities reported work in the 2007 ACS, versus fewer than one in six of those with self-care, go-outside-the-home, and employment disabilities. About one third of adults with physical and mental disabilities were employed. |
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Full-time/Full-year Employment In 2007, just over one in five working-age adults with disabilities
were employed for more than 35 hours per week (full-time) and worked
for more than 50 weeks (full-year). From 2005 to 2007, the estimated
proportion of adults with disabilities working full-time/full-year
stayed about the same, between 20 and 23 percent. The rate of full-time/full-year
work among adults with disabilities remains less than half of that
for adults without a disability.
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