Newly released state data shows factory employment has fallen below the depths it hit in the dark days of the pandemic recession. The state had about 177,000 manufacturing jobs in September, the ...

Oregon’s labor market has been anemic recently, with the manufacturing, construction and hospitality sectors all struggling. But growth was robust in one segment of the economy: Jobs paying more than ...

Oregon’s labor market appears strong on the surface, with employers adding jobs, wages rising and the unemployment rate near a historic low. Underneath, though, the state’s economists see some reasons ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s jobless rate rose to 5% in July, the highest in four years, as its seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment declined by 2,700 jobs in July after a revised loss of ...

Aug. 27—Oregon's seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 8,500 jobs in July, following a revised decline of 700 jobs in June, according to the Oregon Employment Department. Gains, loses ...

OREGON -- Oregon Employment Department announced September's unemployment rose from 5.2% compared to 5.0% in August. The ...

The data for September was delayed due to the longest federal government shutdown in history. Oregon’s unemployment rate has ...

From June 2024 to June 2025 Multnomah County shed around 5,000 jobs, but gains in other areas helped keep state job growth in the positive Oregon’s most populous county lost 1% of its jobs from June ...

Oregon’s labor market is showing more signs of softening. The state had just under 50,000 job vacancies last fall, according to new data from the Oregon Employment Department. That’s the lowest number ...

Oregon’s spectacular rebound from the pandemic recession may be coming to an end. In January, the state posted a net loss in jobs compared to a year earlier — the first time that has happened since ...

New data shows that Oregon’s unemployment rate is now among the highest in the country. In its first update since the federal ...

Employment in Oregon fell slightly in December, due mostly to losses in semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing. The unemployment rate rose from 4% to 4.1%, which is still in line with ...