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Oregon: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Oregon from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20265.0%#48 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20255.2%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20252.21M+1.0% on a year earlier
Employed, 20252.10M114,624 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
1.6M1.8M2M2.2M2.4M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20255.2%2,214,7262,100,102114,624
20244.3%2,192,5262,098,20494,322
20233.8%2,169,7982,087,61782,181
20224.0%2,159,4752,073,68385,792
20215.2%2,139,7992,029,296110,503
20207.6%2,105,1161,945,906159,210
20193.7%2,091,1542,013,47377,681
20184.0%2,077,7861,994,20783,579
20174.1%2,074,7721,990,55584,217
20164.8%2,038,7411,941,81696,925
20155.5%1,976,8441,868,928107,916
20146.7%1,949,0041,819,213129,791
20137.8%1,924,3971,775,125149,272
20128.7%1,961,0661,790,231170,835
20119.5%1,989,9541,801,886188,068
201010.6%1,984,3021,774,138210,164
200910.6%1,957,9911,749,576208,415
20086.3%1,946,1831,824,034122,149
20075.2%1,907,9971,809,12998,868
20065.4%1,877,7121,776,697101,015
20056.2%1,846,1551,732,344113,811
20047.4%1,842,6181,707,142135,476
20038.0%1,843,6851,696,382147,303
20027.5%1,833,6631,696,726136,937
20016.4%1,817,1531,701,488115,665
20005.2%1,812,9491,718,80394,146
19995.5%1,784,6261,686,84397,783
19985.6%1,774,9371,674,820100,117
19975.5%1,744,0581,647,30196,757
19965.6%1,709,0671,613,77395,294
19954.8%1,663,5921,584,37879,214
19945.3%1,644,2001,556,99887,202
19937.0%1,603,1081,491,252111,856
19927.3%1,558,9361,445,764113,172
19916.2%1,514,0751,420,92193,154
19905.4%1,495,3391,414,59280,747
19895.4%1,470,5601,391,54979,011
19885.7%1,433,8681,351,68282,186
19876.1%1,395,5161,309,82785,689
19868.0%1,364,3591,255,855108,504
19858.6%1,329,0011,214,373114,628
19849.3%1,335,6541,211,564124,090
198310.8%1,338,9681,193,981144,987
198211.3%1,326,0311,175,726150,305
19819.7%1,328,3811,199,023129,358
19808.4%1,289,6411,181,775107,866
19796.8%1,246,7571,162,29084,467
19786.1%1,209,1851,135,09874,087
19777.4%1,151,8951,066,48585,410
19769.3%1,096,938994,687102,251

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.