Maine's unemployment rate fell last year, to 3.9 percent from 4.4 percent in 2015.
That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which found that the percentage of Mainers in the workforce climbed from just below 60 percent to just above.
The state's jobless rate for last year was a full percentage point below the national rate and the New England average.
Maine was one of 27 states where unemployment fell last year.