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Economic Indicators

August 2020 Employment and Unemployment in Oregon’s Counties

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Wildfires Impact Devastating wildfires have ravaged workplaces, homes, communities, and more than 1 million acres of land across Oregon in recent weeks. This release covers the Oregon employment situation in August. It does not capture the personal and economic disruption caused by these disasters.Press ReleaseIn August 2020, all 36 of Oregon’s counties experienced over-the-month decreases in

Businesses and Jobs in Oregon’s Wildfire Evacuation Zones: An Update

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Last week we posted a summary of available information about the business establishments and jobs located in wildfire evacuation zones as of the morning of September 11. That turned out to be the largest single-day total of business establishments and jobs located in evacuation zones for Oregon statewide. Last Friday (September 11), there were 21,350 business establishments and 232,600 jobs in

Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7 Percent in August

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Wildfires Impact 

Devastating wildfires have ravaged workplaces, homes, communities, and more than 1 million acres of land across Oregon over the past several days. This release covers the Oregon employment situation in August. It does not capture the personal and economic disruption caused by these disasters.

Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent in August from 10.4 percent in July

Wildfires in Oregon: Businesses and Jobs in Evacuation Zones

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Over the past several days, we’ve watched in collective fear and sadness as nearly 1 million acres of our beautiful state have gone up in flames. While in recent history most wildfires have been isolated to wilderness areas, the 16 fires currently burning across Oregon are destroying homes and businesses in several areas across the state. While the Research Division of the Employment Department

Link Repaired!

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The previous email contained a broken link. The corrected link to the Statewide Economic Indicators for July 2o2o is:
Link to full report (with charts!) here.
Sorry for any confusion.

Celebrating Oregon’s Worker’s: Labor Day 2020

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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City. By 1884, 23 other states adopted the holiday to celebrate workers. In the same year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday within the District of Columbia and its territories. The United States differs from the majority of the world on the date of their

Celebrating Oregon’s Worker’s: Labor Day 2020

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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City. By 1884, 23 other states adopted the holiday to celebrate workers. In the same year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday within the District of Columbia and its territories. The United States differs from the majority of the world on the date of their

1.7 Million Oregonians Lived in a Household Where There Was a Loss in Employment Income in July

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The U.S. Census Bureau developed the Household Pulse Survey in order to measure the experiences of households during the COVID-19 pandemic. This experimental data series is a valuable tool for us in understanding how the pandemic is impacting Oregonians at the household level. The U.S. Census Bureau began collecting weekly responses on April 23rd, roughly a month after the onset of the direct

July 2020 Employment and Unemployment in Oregon’s Counties

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In July 2020, 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties experienced over-the-month decreases in their unemployment rates. In 19 counties, unemployment rates dropped by 1 percentage point or more. Clatsop County experienced the largest over-the-month decrease at 2.6 percentage points. Counties with the smallest percentage point changes in their unemployment rates since June 2020 include Lake (+/-0.0pp), and