Finance Jobs and MBA Programs in Maine

Maine is a great place to settle for financial analysts as there are many educational and employment prospects. At 350, the number of jobs in Maine for financial analysts is projected to rise 10 percent to 270 jobs by 2016. This rise is below the projected rise of the national job pool, which shows an increase of 19 percent in the number of financial analyst jobs over the next 10 years. In general, financial analysts conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions.

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In Maine, the income for financial analysts is $40 per hour or $83,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $41 hourly or $84,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Pine Tree State, Maine has a population of 1,318,301. It has seen its population grow by 3.4 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Augusta. In 2008, there were a total of 840,874 jobs and at $36,368, the average annual income in Maine was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $35,028. The unemployment rate in Maine was 8.0 percent in 2009. It rose by 2.7 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 22.9 percent of state residents have college degrees. This falls short of the national average.

In Maine, the top employers are in paper manufacturing, paperboard mills, direct selling establishments and fuel dealers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The White Mountain National Forest covers nearly 800,000 acres. The forest covers a landscape ranging from hardwood forests to the largest alpine area east of the Rocky Mountains. One of the unique tidbits about Maine is in Wilton there's a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.

Finance

Financial analysts conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions.

While working, they analyze financial data to produce forecasts of business and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions and stay abreast of developments in the fields of industrial technology and economic theory.

They are required to manage and maintain budgets and actively seek out needed information and learn from it.

Financial analysts should be able to read and understand documents and reports and articulate ideas and problems.

In order to be successful in the workplace, financial analysts must be thorough and dependable and be able to take change and lead.