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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	Mar 2025
Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 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	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(2)1,390.4	(2)1,390.5	(2)1,381.8	1,380.8	1,377.9	(p)1,382.1
Employment(1)	(2)1,336.9	(2)1,335.3	(2)1,324.8	1,311.8	1,309.3	(p)1,315.0
Unemployment(1)	(2)53.5	(2)55.2	(2)57.0	69.0	68.6	(p)67.1
Unemployment Rate(3)	(2)3.8	(2)4.0	(2)4.1	5.0	5.0	(p)4.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)	1,254.8	1,257.6	1,253.3	1,233.5	1,235.6	(p)1,244.0
12-month % change	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.4	-0.2	(p)0.0
Mining and Logging(4)	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	(p)1.1
12-month % change	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(4)	81.6	81.3	79.3	77.9	77.6	(p)78.0
12-month % change	-1.7	-1.1	-2.9	-0.8	-3.4	(p)-3.7
Manufacturing(4)	121.0	121.2	119.9	117.9	117.7	(p)117.8
12-month % change	-2.7	-1.9	-2.9	-3.7	-4.1	(p)-4.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)	222.7	226.1	228.4	221.5	219.7	(p)220.6
12-month % change	-0.9	-1.1	-0.8	-0.5	-0.6	(p)0.0
Information(4)	27.1	27.0	26.5	27.1	27.5	(p)27.1
12-month % change	0.0	0.7	-1.1	0.4	2.6	(p)1.1
Financial Activities(4)	73.1	73.1	72.7	72.0	71.1	(p)70.7
12-month % change	-0.1	0.3	0.1	1.1	-0.4	(p)-0.8
Professional and Business Services(4)	195.3	196.2	194.2	191.4	193.5	(p)194.5
12-month % change	-1.6	-1.3	-2.0	-1.1	-1.4	(p)-1.0
Education and Health Services(4)	206.4	208.0	207.7	204.4	206.4	(p)210.8
12-month % change	4.8	4.7	4.4	3.4	2.8	(p)4.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)	120.1	117.2	117.6	114.4	113.6	(p)115.7
12-month % change	0.7	-1.0	-0.6	0.2	-2.2	(p)-1.5
Other Services(4)	45.0	44.1	44.1	44.4	44.5	(p)44.9
12-month % change	3.4	1.6	1.6	3.5	3.0	(p)2.7
Government(4)	161.4	162.3	161.8	161.4	162.9	(p)162.8
12-month % change	2.6	2.7	2.3	2.9	2.6	(p)1.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary


Data Series	2nd Half 2016	1st Half 2017	2nd Half 2017
Consumer Price Index: Portland-Salem, OR-WA
CPI-U, All items(1)	251.710	258.055	261.621
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)	2.6	4.4	3.9
CPI-W, All items(2)	242.014	247.871	250.720
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)	2.2	4.2	3.6
Footnotes (1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.