17 Maine Employers That Hire Veterans
17 employers in Maine cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 292 protected veterans out of 2,719 new hires — 10.7% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are General Dynamics Corporation, Orbis Sibro Inc and System One Holdings LLC.
Maine employers
17
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
292
of 2,719 total new hires
Combined share
10.7%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Maine concentrates in Manufacturing (126 hires), Professional, Scientific & Technical (49 hires) and Administrative & Support Services (47 hires).
17 employers shown. Click a column heading to sort.
| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Dynamics Corporation | 100 | 1,152 | 8.7% | Maine | Manufacturing |
| 2 | Orbis Sibro Inc | 46 | 58 | 79.3% | Maine | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 3 | System One Holdings LLC | 43 | 445 | 9.7% | Maine | Administrative & Support Services |
| 4 | MYR Group Inc. | 38 | 306 | 12.4% | Maine | Construction |
| 5 | Avangrid | 9 | 153 | 5.9% | Maine | Utilities |
| 6 | GE Vernova Inc. | 7 | 62 | 11.3% | Maine | Manufacturing |
| 7 | C&L Aerospace Holdings LLC | 7 | 31 | 22.6% | Maine | Transportation & Logistics |
| 8 | Unifirst Corporation | 6 | 84 | 7.1% | Maine | Other Services |
| 9 | Dairy Farmers of America Inc | 6 | 71 | 8.5% | Maine | Manufacturing |
| 10 | Fiber Materials Inc. | 6 | 49 | 12.2% | Maine | Manufacturing |
| 11 | Allied Universal Topco LLC | 4 | 71 | 5.6% | Maine | Administrative & Support Services |
| 12 | The Sherwin Williams Company | 4 | 38 | 10.5% | Maine | Retail |
| 13 | Tex Tech Industries | 4 | 35 | 11.4% | Maine | Manufacturing |
| 14 | Elior North America | 3 | 55 | 5.5% | Maine | Hospitality & Food Service |
| 15 | Maine Community BANK | 3 | 42 | 7.1% | Maine | Finance & Insurance |
| 16 | International Paper Company | 3 | 41 | 7.3% | Maine | Manufacturing |
| 17 | TRC | 3 | 26 | 11.5% | Maine | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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