A gas station in Molalla advertises for attendants. Oregon’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in July, marking the state’s highest rate of joblessness since July 2021. (Photo by Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital ...

Oregon made labor history in 2025 when Governor Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 916, making Oregon the first state to extend ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — New data shows that Oregon’s unemployment rate is now among the highest in the country. In its first update since the federal government shutdown, the Oregon Employment ...

Oregon’s jobless rate hit 5.0% in August, the highest point since the pandemic. But no one knows what’s happened since then. The federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 halted the collection and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s unemployment rate has reached 5% according to the latest update from the Oregon Employment Department. The state lost 2,700 non-farm jobs in July, following a loss of ...

Oregon's unemployment rate continued to climb in July and was again higher than the national average, according to an Aug. 13 press release from the Oregon Employment Department. The overall ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rates continued their upward movement in July, with job losses reported in all three counties, the Oregon Employment Department ...

Oregon's unemployment climbed again in August despite the addition of thousands of jobs. In August, the Oregon Employment Department announced the unemployment rate in the state was the highest it has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There are now more unemployed people than there are jobs available in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are currently 7.24 million job seekers and ...

Oregon’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in July, marking the state’s highest rate of joblessness since Oregonians began regaining opportunities to work that were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...