For weeks I have been talking to the Governor's office and agencies about our situation here in HD 10. The central and north coast currently suffer the highest unemployment rates in the state.
One of the most visible and devastating impacts of the state’s stay-at-home order to protect us from the human health crisis presented by COVID-19 has been mass layoffs.
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in July, the same as the revised June rate of 4.0 percent and the state's lowest unemployment rate in the current series dating to 1976.
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in February and 4.3 percent in January, according to figures released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department.
Oregon’s...
The unemployment rate for Oregon teens ages 16 to 19 was 9.5 percent in 2017, establishing the lowest unemployment rate since 1978 when comparable records began.
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in March and April. For 16 consecutive months, the rate has been close to 4.1 percent, its lowest level since comparable records began in 1976.
