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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Oregon > Salem

Salem

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Salem — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
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 Apr 2026
Salem, OR Economy at a Glance:
Salem, OR
Data Series Back
Data		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 229.9 233.2 (2)- 230.5 (p)228.4 (p)226.3

Employment(1)

 217.6 221.9 (2)- 219.9 (p)217.3 (p)213.5

Unemployment(1)

 12.3 11.3 (2)- 10.6 (p)11.1 (p)12.8

Unemployment Rate(3)

 5.3 4.9 (2)- 4.6 (p)4.9 (p)5.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 187.0 189.0 191.1 191.2 190.9 (p)188.0

12-month % change

 2.7 1.7 2.4 2.6 1.9 (p)2.0

Mining and Logging(4)

 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 (p)0.6

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(4)

 13.5 13.1 13.2 12.7 12.1 (p)11.9

12-month % change

 -3.6 -4.4 -1.5 -2.3 -5.5 (p)-4.8

Manufacturing(4)

 12.5 12.2 12.1 11.9 11.8 (p)11.5

12-month % change

 -0.8 0.0 1.7 2.6 1.7 (p)1.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 31.8 31.7 32.1 32.4 32.5 (p)31.5

12-month % change

 6.4 6.4 7.0 6.6 6.2 (p)6.1

Information(4)

 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)1.7

12-month % change

 0.0 -5.6 -5.6 -5.6 -19.0 (p)-5.6

Financial Activities(4)

 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 (p)6.6

12-month % change

 7.9 6.3 6.3 8.1 3.1 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 16.6 17.5 17.8 17.7 18.0 (p)16.8

12-month % change

 0.6 -1.7 -5.8 -5.3 -3.7 (p)-6.1

Education and Health Services(4)

 38.0 38.4 38.6 38.6 39.1 (p)39.1

12-month % change

 7.0 5.2 5.5 4.6 5.1 (p)4.8

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 16.9 16.4 16.0 16.0 15.8 (p)15.7

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.8 0.0 1.9 -0.6 (p)1.3

Other Services(4)

 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 (p)5.7

12-month % change

 -1.8 -1.8 1.8 0.0 -1.8 (p)1.8

Government(4)

 42.9 45.1 46.6 47.2 47.1 (p)46.9

12-month % change

 1.7 0.9 2.2 3.1 2.8 (p)3.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
Data Series Back
Data		 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.