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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Oregon, Washington > Portland

Portland

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Portland, OR-WA, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2024
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Unemployment in the Portland Area by County, June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
CPI Historical Table - Portland-Salem, OR-WA (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - Portland-Salem, OR-WA (old base) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Portland – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
2018 CPI Revision - West Region Overview (PDF) Consumer price indexes Factsheet Feb 2018
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Economy at a Glance:
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Data Series Back
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2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,359.5 1,368.9 1,372.4 1,358.0 1,364.7 (p)1,359.2

Employment(1)

 1,307.1 1,309.6 1,316.5 1,306.0 1,311.5 (p)1,306.6

Unemployment(1)

 52.4 59.3 55.9 52.1 53.1 (p)52.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.9 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,239.4 1,239.4 1,241.8 1,240.3 1,245.4 (p)1,246.6

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.2 (p)0.5

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1

12-month % change

 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 79.3 81.1 81.6 79.2 77.4 (p)77.1

12-month % change

 -3.9 -3.1 -2.7 -5.0 -7.3 (p)-5.2

Manufacturing(3)

 124.3 125.7 124.8 124.0 121.7 (p)121.8

12-month % change

 -1.3 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -1.3 (p)-1.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 222.7 222.2 224.0 224.6 226.5 (p)230.7

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 (p)0.3

Information(3)

 25.9 26.1 25.3 24.9 25.2 (p)25.3

12-month % change

 -5.5 -5.1 -7.0 -7.8 -3.4 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 73.3 73.0 72.9 71.7 73.1 (p)72.1

12-month % change

 -0.3 -1.5 -1.5 -2.6 0.0 (p)-0.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 194.7 197.2 197.3 196.6 194.9 (p)194.2

12-month % change

 -2.8 -1.0 -0.8 -1.0 -0.3 (p)0.6

Education and Health Services(3)

 195.9 195.5 198.9 202.4 207.6 (p)209.6

12-month % change

 3.2 3.8 4.8 4.2 6.5 (p)6.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 120.1 120.9 120.3 119.1 115.7 (p)112.2

12-month % change

 -2.5 -2.7 -3.8 -2.5 -2.6 (p)-3.4

Other Services(3)

 42.4 43.2 42.6 42.1 42.6 (p)42.0

12-month % change

 -2.3 -0.2 -1.8 -2.3 -1.2 (p)-2.1

Government(3)

 159.7 153.4 153.0 154.6 159.6 (p)160.5

12-month % change

 1.3 2.6 2.8 1.9 1.5 (p)1.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary