Employment declined in Oregon’s seven largest counties from December 2019 to December 2020 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2019.) Regional Commissioner Chris...

Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 5.2 percent from a year ago Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today....

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Workers in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.74 in May 2020, 10 percent above the nationwide average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris...

Workers in the Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.77 in May 2020, 12 percent below the nationwide average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that,...

Workers in the Grants Pass, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.58 in May 2020, 20 percent below the nationwide average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted...

In 2020, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 13.9 percent in Oregon, not significantly different than the...

From March 2020 to June 2020, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Oregon were 80,081, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 293,842, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...

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