Oregon Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 1,149,000 | - | 6.1 | - |
| 1979 | 1,158,000 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| 1980 | 1,189,000 | 2.7 | 8.3 | 1.4 |
| 1981 | 1,207,000 | 1.5 | 9.9 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 1,171,000 | -3.0 | 11.6 | 1.7 |
| 1983 | 1,196,000 | 2.1 | 10.8 | -0.7 |
| 1984 | 1,209,000 | 1.1 | 9.4 | -1.4 |
| 1985 | 1,202,000 | -0.6 | 8.8 | -0.6 |
| 1986 | 1,245,000 | 3.6 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| 1987 | 1,302,000 | 4.6 | 6.2 | -2.3 |
| 1988 | 1,343,000 | 3.1 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
| 1989 | 1,391,000 | 3.6 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| 1990 | 1,407,413 | 1.2 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| 1991 | 1,421,519 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| 1992 | 1,429,496 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 1,479,939 | 3.5 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| 1994 | 1,556,948 | 5.2 | 5.4 | -1.8 |
| 1995 | 1,583,153 | 1.7 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| 1996 | 1,618,571 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| 1997 | 1,652,997 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 1,678,407 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 1,697,288 | 1.1 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| 2000 | 1,716,954 | 1.2 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| 2001 | 1,711,041 | -0.3 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 1,704,131 | -0.4 | 7.6 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 1,699,679 | -0.3 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| 2004 | 1,717,586 | 1.1 | 7.3 | -0.8 |
| 2005 | 1,750,776 | 1.9 | 6.2 | -1.1 |
| 2006 | 1,799,807 | 2.8 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| 2007 | 1,827,285 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 1,536,877 | 3.9 | 5.7 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 1,541,426 | 3.7 | 5.7 | -1.6 |
| Mar | 1,554,552 | 3.2 | 5.3 | -1.5 |
| Apr | 1,568,064 | 2.5 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| May | 1,574,301 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 1,593,147 | -0.1 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,607,830 | -0.2 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,611,352 | -0.2 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 1,604,211 | 0.3 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 1,608,967 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 1,605,106 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 1,592,008 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,563,151 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 1,571,209 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 1,587,262 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 1,602,692 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| May | 1,615,363 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 1,633,517 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 1,645,828 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 1,647,209 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 1,641,000 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 1,643,967 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 1,641,404 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 1,630,246 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,602,905 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 1,603,347 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 1,620,862 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 1,637,024 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 1,651,296 | 2.2 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 1,665,853 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 1,677,169 | 1.9 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,679,744 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 1,672,213 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 1,677,158 | 2.0 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,679,324 | 2.3 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,669,071 | 2.4 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,639,972 | 2.3 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 1,643,257 | 2.5 | 6.2 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 1,654,837 | 2.1 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,671,917 | 2.1 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,681,437 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 1,692,474 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 1,695,503 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 1,696,305 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 1,692,327 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 1,692,913 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 1,692,667 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 1,687,280 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,663,063 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 1,661,829 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 1,674,008 | 1.2 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,685,838 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,692,758 | 0.7 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 1,707,193 | 0.9 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 1,715,886 | 1.2 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,713,553 | 1.0 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 1,705,941 | 0.8 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 1,713,789 | 1.2 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 1,719,442 | 1.6 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,714,153 | 1.6 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,684,546 | 1.3 | 5.7 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 1,690,901 | 1.7 | 5.9 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 1,700,774 | 1.6 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,718,921 | 2.0 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| May | 1,716,689 | 1.4 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 1,733,625 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,733,166 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 1,732,640 | 1.1 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 1,723,064 | 1.0 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 1,726,544 | 0.7 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 1,724,470 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 1,718,106 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,697,376 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 1,696,425 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 1,702,080 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 1,712,287 | -0.4 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| May | 1,715,462 | -0.1 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 1,729,735 | -0.2 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,730,946 | -0.1 | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 1,721,345 | -0.7 | 6.5 | 1.3 |
| Sep | 1,719,659 | -0.2 | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| Oct | 1,714,271 | -0.7 | 6.7 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 1,700,987 | -1.4 | 7.3 | 2.5 |
| Dec | 1,691,914 | -1.5 | 7.6 | 2.8 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,665,450 | -1.9 | 8.8 | 2.8 |
| Feb | 1,675,140 | -1.3 | 8.6 | 2.3 |
| Mar | 1,679,773 | -1.3 | 8.4 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 1,694,805 | -1.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 |
| May | 1,704,611 | -0.6 | 7.1 | 1.5 |
| Jun | 1,716,106 | -0.8 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
| Jul | 1,722,492 | -0.5 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 1,729,379 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 1,728,469 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 1,724,337 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 1,710,581 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,698,432 | 0.4 | 7.5 | -0.1 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,676,856 | 0.7 | 8.5 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,677,828 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 1,681,132 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 1,693,166 | -0.1 | 8.4 | 0.7 |
| May | 1,695,051 | -0.6 | 8.1 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 1,708,030 | -0.5 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
| Jul | 1,708,349 | -0.8 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 1,715,870 | -0.8 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Sep | 1,708,671 | -1.1 | 7.5 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 1,715,543 | -0.5 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 1,714,203 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 1,701,443 | 0.2 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,677,165 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 1,680,917 | 0.2 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 1,688,240 | 0.4 | 8.5 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 1,707,231 | 0.8 | 7.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 1,712,055 | 1.0 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 1,727,953 | 1.2 | 7.5 | -1.3 |
| Jul | 1,738,644 | 1.8 | 7.2 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 1,741,994 | 1.5 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 1,733,920 | 1.5 | 6.4 | -1.1 |
| Oct | 1,738,335 | 1.3 | 6.5 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 1,738,363 | 1.4 | 6.6 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 1,726,217 | 1.5 | 6.5 | -0.9 |
| 2005-Jan | 1,704,685 | 1.6 | 7.1 | -1.5 |
| Feb | 1,707,184 | 1.6 | 7.5 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 1,718,112 | 1.8 | 6.9 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 1,738,101 | 1.8 | 6.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 1,745,781 | 2.0 | 6.0 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 1,760,801 | 1.9 | 6.3 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 1,770,132 | 1.8 | 6.1 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 1,776,329 | 2.0 | 5.9 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 1,772,139 | 2.2 | 5.5 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 1,778,471 | 2.3 | 5.4 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 1,773,919 | 2.0 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 1,763,654 | 2.2 | 5.5 | -1.0 |
| 2006-Jan | 1,746,954 | 2.5 | 6.1 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 1,753,671 | 2.7 | 6.4 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 1,763,859 | 2.7 | 6.0 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 1,782,384 | 2.5 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 1,793,074 | 2.7 | 5.0 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 1,812,174 | 2.9 | 5.4 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 1,816,790 | 2.6 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 1,826,141 | 2.8 | 5.2 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 1,820,381 | 2.7 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 1,831,627 | 3.0 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 1,829,698 | 3.1 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,820,930 | 3.2 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,794,791 | 2.7 | 5.9 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,796,099 | 2.4 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,807,505 | 2.5 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 1,813,414 | 1.7 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,822,142 | 1.6 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 1,840,404 | 1.6 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 1,842,472 | 1.4 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,842,811 | 0.9 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 1,844,820 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 1,845,452 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,849,005 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 1,828,504 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| 2008-Jan | 1,811,824 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 1,805,464 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 1,821,835 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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