Oregon’s unemployment rate has reached 5% according to the latest update from the Oregon Employment Department. The state ...

Excluding the pandemic period, July's unemployment rate was the highest it has been since the beginning of 2016.

Oregon’s unemployment rate hit 5% in July, its highest level in nearly four years. The jobless rate hasn’t topped that ...

Oregon’s jobless rate reached 5% in July, up from 4.2% a year ago. That’s the highest it’s been since the state recovered ...

Oregon's unemployment rate climbed to 4.8% in May, up from 4.7% in April, continuing a gradual increase from 4.1% in May 2024.

The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% in both March and April. In April, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1,200 jobs, following a revised gain of 6,200 jobs in March.

The unemployment rate rose slightly in Central Oregon counties in May, following an upward trend that began at the start of the year, according to a monthly report by the Oregon Employment Department.

Oregon’s 4.6% unemployment rate was the highest since August 2021, when the rate was 4.7%, and slightly higher than during the three years prior to the COVID recession that started in 2020.