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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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
Unemployment in the Portland Area by County, July 2015 Unemployment News Release Sep 2015
CPI Historical Table - Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - Portland-Salem, OR-WA (old base) 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 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
Consumer Price Index Data Tables Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Economy at a Glance:

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,333.5 1,336.2 1,337.8 (p)1,337.1 (p)1,331.8  

Employment(1)

 1,283.4 1,289.3 1,296.0 (p)1,300.0 (p)1,286.1  

Unemployment(1)

 50.2 46.9 41.8 (p)37.1 (p)45.7  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.8 3.5 3.1 (p)2.8 (p)3.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,224.5 1,231.0 1,232.5 1,235.6 1,217.5 (p)1,222.6

12-month % change

 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.1 (p)1.3

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

12-month % change

 -7.1 -7.1 -7.1 -14.3 -7.7 (p)-7.7

Construction(3)

 78.2 76.5 76.6 75.2 73.3 (p)75.8

12-month % change

 3.6 1.6 2.7 1.9 1.5 (p)5.1

Manufacturing(3)

 129.5 128.8 128.8 129.1 126.7 (p)128.6

12-month % change

 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.4 (p)-0.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 221.5 223.3 224.7 228.2 224.4 (p)220.7

12-month % change

 1.3 1.6 -0.4 0.3 1.4 (p)1.4

Information(3)

 26.2 26.6 27.6 27.7 27.6 (p)27.0

12-month % change

 2.7 2.7 5.3 6.5 7.0 (p)3.1

Financial Activities(3)

 73.8 74.4 74.3 74.5 73.0 (p)72.9

12-month % change

 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.6 1.2 (p)0.7

Professional and Business Services(3)

 190.6 192.0 191.7 190.8 186.0 (p)186.9

12-month % change

 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 0.7 (p)0.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 183.8 184.9 186.0 185.7 185.9 (p)187.5

12-month % change

 2.1 1.0 1.1 1.7 2.9 (p)1.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 129.1 125.9 123.5 125.7 122.8 (p)123.2

12-month % change

 1.3 0.6 -0.5 0.4 0.8 (p)1.3

Other Services(3)

 42.8 42.4 42.4 41.9 42.4 (p)43.3

12-month % change

 1.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.7 0.5 (p)2.6

Government(3)

 147.7 154.9 155.6 155.6 154.2 (p)155.5

12-month % change

 0.5 1.6 0.5 1.0 0.7 (p)0.7

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