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 ...

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 ...

Unemployment follows a statewide trend around the area, despite numbers being slightly lower than the state as a whole.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment declined by 4,600 jobs in October, following a revised gain of 5,500 jobs in September, the Oregon Employment Department ...

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 ...