UMaine listed as major bioscience sector employer in Press Herald article
The University of Maine is included in a Portland Press Herald story about the rise of the biological sciences industry in the state. Maine’s biological sciences industry is growing at a much faster rate than the state’s economy as a whole, bringing high-paying jobs to Mainers across the spectrum of education levels, according to a report by the Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME). The report indicates bioscience industry job growth in Maine in the past five years has been 14%, compared with 4% job growth for all industries combined. In 2018, there were at least 7,400 bioscience industry jobs in the state in 2018, paying a median hourly wage of $28.50 ($59,300 a year), which is nearly one-third higher than the median hourly wage of $19.79 ($41,200 a year) for all Maine industries combined, according to the story. UMaine is listed as one of the major employers in the state’s bioscience sector. The Sun Journal and centralmaine.com carried the Press Herald article.