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Salem

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Salem — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
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
Salem Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Mar 2024
Salem, OR Economy at a Glance:
Salem, OR
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2023
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

213.4 212.1 213.1 213.2 (p)212.1 (p)212.8

Employment(1)

205.3 204.8 205.9 205.8 (p)203.8 (p)202.3

Unemployment(1)

8.1 7.4 7.2 7.3 (p)8.3 (p)10.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 (p)3.9 (p)4.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

179.5 181.7 183.0 183.4 183.7 (p)179.0

12-month % change

2.3 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.3 (p)1.2

Mining and Logging(3)

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 (p)0.6

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

14.1 13.9 13.9 13.6 13.2 (p)12.7

12-month % change

1.4 2.2 3.7 4.6 2.3 (p)0.8

Manufacturing(3)

12.6 12.3 12.1 11.9 11.9 (p)11.7

12-month % change

-1.6 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

30.0 29.7 29.9 30.3 30.5 (p)29.2

12-month % change

-2.0 -2.6 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 (p)-2.3

Information(3)

1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)1.7

12-month % change

5.9 0.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

6.7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.4 (p)6.4

12-month % change

-1.5 -3.0 -3.0 -1.5 -3.0 (p)-4.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

16.2 16.8 17.8 17.6 17.9 (p)17.0

12-month % change

5.2 5.0 7.2 6.7 5.9 (p)1.2

Education and Health Services(3)

33.4 34.1 34.0 34.3 34.5 (p)33.9

12-month % change

7.7 7.6 5.3 5.9 5.8 (p)3.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

16.7 16.3 15.9 15.9 16.0 (p)15.5

12-month % change

2.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 3.9 (p)1.3

Other Services(3)

5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 (p)5.4

12-month % change

3.7 5.6 3.6 3.6 1.8 (p)0.0

Government(3)

41.8 44.1 44.9 45.3 45.3 (p)44.9

12-month % change

2.2 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.8 (p)3.5

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