Central Oregon employment statistics

Unemployment rate continues to rise in Central Oregon (Bend Bulletin, 1/24/2023)

Employment in central Oregon (serial) Oregon Employment Department

Oregon’s current unemployment rate

Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Ticks Up, But Remains Historically Low (KXL, 1/19/2023)

Oregon’s employment situation (serial) Oregon Employment Department

Community college workforce grants

Oregon community colleges use state investment package to support students (OPB, 1/2/23)

Senate Bill 1545 (2022): Future Ready Oregon … report (serial) Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission

Young Oregonians and the trades

A new generation of skilled Oregon laborers is getting to work (Oregonian, 12/18/2022)

Update on young Oregonians and the trades. (2022) Oregon Office of Economic Analysis

Oregonians at work (quarterly) Oregon Employment Department

Rising unemployment rate

November unemployment rate rises in Oregon and Washington, though both states grow payroll jobs (OPB, 12/14/22)

Oregon unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4% in November, higher than national average (Capital Chronicle, 12/14/22)

Oregon’s employment situation (monthly) Oregon Employment Department

Oregon Job Vacancies

Oregon job openings fall, signaling economic shift (Oregonian, 12/4/22)

Help wanted in Oregon: results from the … job vacancy survey (quarterly) Oregon Employment Department

Help wanted in Oregon: results from the … job vacancy survey (annual) Oregon Employment Department

Employment trends in eastern Oregon

In Eastern Oregon, a labor shortage is making it harder to remove snow and ice from state highways (OPB, 11/22/2022)

Employment in eastern Oregon (serial) Oregon Employment Department

Employment trends in central Oregon

Central Oregon unemployment rate creeps upward (Bend Bulletin, 11/23/2022)

Employment in central Oregon (serial) Oregon Employment Department

Latest economic and revenue forecast

Oregon economists expect a ‘mild’ recession beginning in 2023 (Capital Chronicle, 11/16/22)

Oregon recession now ‘most likely’ scenario, state forecasters say (Oregonian, 11/16/22)

Oregon economic and revenue forecast (serial) Oregon Department of Administrative Services

October employment report

Oregon’s jobless rate rose to 4.1% in October; state economists predict recession next year (OPB, 11/16/22)

Oregon unemployment rate rose again to 4.1% in October (Portland Tribune, 11/16/22)

Oregon’s employment situation (monthly) Oregon Employment Department