Oregon Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 5.2% in February 2026

Oregon's Unemployment Rate Was Unchanged at 5.2% in February Oregon's unemployment rate was 5.2% in both February and January. The U.S. unemployment

rate was 4.4% in February and 4.3% in January.

In February, Oregon's seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment declined by 5,400

jobs, following a gain of 1,600 jobs, as revised, in January. February's gains were largest in financial activities (+800 jobs). Losses were largest in transportation, warehousing, and utilities (-1,600 jobs); leisure and hospitality (-1,500); and professional and business services (-1,300).

Financial activities added 800 jobs in February, which was a rare monthly gain for the industry

after persistent declines over the past three years. It employed 99,800 in February, which was down 1,100 jobs, or -1.1%, since February 2025.

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities employment was choppy in recent months, cutting

1,600 jobs in February following a gain of 1,500 in January. It employed 78,400 in February, which was 400 jobs, or 0.5%, above its year-ago level and close to its average employment throughout much of the past five years.

Leisure and hospitality cut 1,500 jobs in February following a gain of 1,200 in January. During

the prior three years, it was remarkably steady, averaging just over 207,000 jobs.

Professional and business services continued its downtrend of the past three years, cutting

1,300 jobs in February and another 2,000 jobs in January. In the most recent 12 months, it cut 8,700 jobs, or 3.4%. Since February 2025, each of its three component industries contracted by more than 2%: administrative and waste services (-4,200 jobs, or -4.3%); professional and technical services (-3,200 jobs, or -2.9%); and management of companies and enterprises (-1,300 jobs, or -2.7%).

Next Press Releases

The Oregon Employment Department plans to release the February county and metropolitan area unemployment and jobs data on Tuesday, April 21, and the next statewide unemployment rate and employment survey data for March on Friday, May 1. Gail Krumenauer, State Employment Economist (971) 301-3771 NEWS Video and Audio available at 10 a.m. PT David Cooke, Economist (971) 375-5288 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2026 CONTACT INFORMATION: Employment Department News Release Page 2 April 15, 2026

Oregon Seasonally Adjusted Employment

350,000 Government, including Health care and public education social assistance 300,000

250,000 Professional and business services Leisure and hospitality 200,000

150,000 Oregon Unemployment Rate, Oregon Nonfarm Payroll Employment, Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted

2.114.0 13.0100,000 12.02.0 11.0 10.01.99.0 50,0008.01.8 Information7.0 6.0 Educational services 1.75.0Seasonally Normal Transportation, Seasonal Expectations and Unadjusted 4.0Seasonal Adjusted INDUSTRY warehousing, and Private educational Health care and social Total nonfarm payroll Professional and Leisure and Over-the-Month Employment Changes Change 3.01.6 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Movement Change 1,100 -1,700 1,300 1,900 3,100 -1,700 -5,400 -4,000 -4,600 -2,500 -1,600 -1,300 -3,200 -1,500 1,600 2,300 Total private Mining and logging Construction Manufacturing Wholesale trade Retail trade utilities Financial activities services assistance Other services Government employment Information business services hospitality January to February 2026 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 20262017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 3,700 Construction Mining and logging Trade, transportation, and utilities Financial activities Manufacturing Other servicesPercentMillions

Employment Department News Release Page 3 April 15, 2026 Notes: All numbers in the above narrative are seasonally adjusted. The Oregon Employment Department and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) work cooperatively to develop and publish monthly Oregon payroll employment and labor force data. The estimates of monthly job gains and losses are based on a survey of businesses. The estimates of unemployment are based on a survey of households and other sources.

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obtain the data in other formats such as in Excel, visit QualityInfo.org, select Tools, then choose LAUS or CES under the Economy header. To request the press release as a Word document, contact the person shown at the top of this press release. To file a claim for unemployment benefits or get more information about unemployment programs, visit unemployment.oregon.gov. The Oregon Employment Department (OED) is an equal opportunity agency. OED provides free help so you can use our services. Some examples are sign language and spoken- language interpreters, written materials in other languages, large print, audio, and other formats. To get help, please call 503-947-1444. TTY users call 711. You can also send an email to communications@employ.oregon.gov. El Departamento de Empleo de Oregon (OED) es una agencia de igualdad de oportunidades. El OED proporciona ayuda gratuita para que usted pueda utilizar nuestros servicios. Algunos ejemplos son intérpretes de lengua de señas e idiomas hablados, materiales escritos en otros idiomas, letra grande, audio y otros formatos. Para obtener ayuda, por favor llame al 503-947-1444. Usuarios de TTY pueden llamar al 711. También puede enviar un correo electrónico a communications@employ.oregon.gov.

Workforce and Economic Research 2025 Benchmark April 15, 2026

Oregon Current Labor Force and Industry Employment

February January February Change From Change From 2026 2026 2025 January 2026 February 2025 Labor Force Status Civilian labor force 2,195,299 2,187,602 2,200,243 7,697 -4,944 Unemployed 124,619 128,831 117,024 -4,212 7,595 Unemployment rate 5.7 5.9 5.3 -0.2 0.4 Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted 5.2 5.2 4.9 0.0 0.3 Employed 2,070,680 2,058,771 2,083,219 11,909 -12,539 Other Labor Force Indicators Labor force participation rate, seasonally adjusted 62.8 62.9 62.8 -0.1 0.0 Labor underutilization rate - U-6, seasonally adjusted 9.0 9.0 8.9 0.0 0.1 Nonfarm Payroll Employment Total nonfarm payroll employment 1,950,500 1,952,200 1,973,800 -1,700 -23,300 Total private 1,631,800 1,635,800 1,651,700 -4,000 -19,900 Mining and logging 5,700 5,800 5,800 -100 -100 Logging 3,900 4,000 3,900 -100 0 Construction 108,100 106,500 109,500 1,600 -1,400 Construction of buildings 29,700 29,200 30,200 500 -500 Residential building construction 18,900 18,600 19,200 300 -300 Nonresidential building construction 10,800 10,600 11,000 200 -200 Heavy and civil engineering construction 11,300 11,100 11,100 200 200 Specialty trade contractors 67,100 66,200 68,200 900 -1,100 Building foundation and exterior contractors 12,000 11,800 12,100 200 -100 Building equipment contractors 33,400 33,000 33,400 400 0 Building finishing contractors 12,300 12,200 13,600 100 -1,300 Other specialty trade contractors 9,400 9,200 9,100 200 300 Manufacturing 174,400 174,700 180,300 -300 -5,900 Durable goods 120,900 121,900 127,700 -1,000 -6,800 Wood product manufacturing 21,500 21,500 22,300 0 -800 Sawmills and wood preservation 5,800 5,800 5,900 0 -100 Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. 8,400 8,400 8,600 0 -200 Other wood product manufacturing 7,300 7,300 7,800 0 -500 Primary metal manufacturing 7,300 7,300 7,400 0 -100 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 14,800 14,900 15,300 -100 -500 Machinery manufacturing 13,400 13,500 14,000 -100 -600 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 31,600 32,100 37,300 -500 -5,700 Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. 25,500 25,900 30,800 -400 -5,300 Electronic instrument manufacturing 4,300 4,400 4,500 -100 -200 Transportation equipment manufacturing 10,600 10,600 10,700 0 -100 Nondurable goods 53,500 52,800 52,600 700 900 Food manufacturing 27,700 27,500 26,500 200 1,200 Trade, transportation, and utilities 348,100 351,100 352,400 -3,000 -4,300 Wholesale trade 73,500 73,900 76,300 -400 -2,800 Retail trade 196,700 196,800 198,700 -100 -2,000 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 24,900 24,800 25,900 100 -1,000 Food and beverage retailers 45,800 45,600 46,200 200 -400 General merchandise retailers 39,100 39,900 39,400 -800 -300

February January February Change From Change From 2026 2026 2025 January 2026 February 2025 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 77,900 80,400 77,400 -2,500 500 Utilities 5,200 5,200 5,200 0 0 Transportation and warehousing 72,700 75,200 72,200 -2,500 500 Truck transportation 17,000 17,200 17,500 -200 -500 Couriers and messengers 16,200 17,600 17,200 -1,400 -1,000 Warehousing and storage 18,000 18,600 15,100 -600 2,900 Information 31,900 32,600 35,000 -700 -3,100 Software publishers 12,300 12,500 13,300 -200 -1,000 Financial activities 98,600 98,300 99,800 300 -1,200 Finance and insurance 51,600 51,500 52,900 100 -1,300 Credit intermediation and related activities 20,800 20,800 21,100 0 -300 Insurance carriers and related activities 24,200 24,100 25,000 100 -800 Real estate and rental and leasing 47,000 46,800 46,900 200 100 Real estate 41,300 41,200 41,300 100 0 Professional and business services 246,200 245,600 257,500 600 -11,300 Professional and technical services 107,000 106,400 111,000 600 -4,000 Architectural and engineering services 18,600 18,700 19,100 -100 -500 Computer systems design and related services 16,400 16,400 17,600 0 -1,200 Management of companies and enterprises 47,000 47,600 48,500 -600 -1,500 Administrative and waste services 92,200 91,600 98,000 600 -5,800 Employment services 32,700 32,500 38,300 200 -5,600 Private education and health services 356,000 355,100 346,800 900 9,200 Private educational services 36,600 35,800 37,900 800 -1,300 Health care and social assistance 319,400 319,300 308,900 100 10,500 Ambulatory health care services 105,500 106,200 105,300 -700 200 Hospitals 65,500 65,100 63,300 400 2,200 Nursing and residential care facilities 61,500 61,700 58,800 -200 2,700 Social assistance 86,900 86,300 81,500 600 5,400 Leisure and hospitality 197,600 200,800 198,800 -3,200 -1,200 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 26,700 26,400 28,700 300 -2,000 Accommodation and food services 170,900 174,400 170,100 -3,500 800 Accommodation 23,000 23,200 22,600 -200 400 Food services and drinking places 147,900 151,200 147,500 -3,300 400 Restaurants and other eating places 132,700 135,200 131,000 -2,500 1,700 Other services 65,200 65,300 65,800 -100 -600 Repair and maintenance 19,900 20,400 20,300 -500 -400 Personal and laundry services 16,000 15,900 15,400 100 600 Membership associations and organizations 29,300 29,000 30,100 300 -800 Government 318,700 316,400 322,100 2,300 -3,400 Federal government 25,900 26,100 28,300 -200 -2,400 State government 49,200 49,200 49,100 0 100 State education 1,300 1,300 1,300 0 0 Local government 243,600 241,100 244,700 2,500 -1,100 Indian tribal 9,100 9,100 8,700 0 400 Local education 138,000 135,700 141,200 2,300 -3,200 Labor-management disputes 0 0 3,500 0 -3,500 The most recent month is preliminary, the prior month is revised. Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor Force Status: Civilian labor force includes employed and unemployed individuals 16 years and older by place of residence. Employed includes nonfarm payroll employment, self-employed, unpaid family workers, domestics, agriculture and labor disputants. Unemployment rate is calculated by dividing unemployed by civilian labor force. U-6 is the total unemployed plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force plus total employed part-time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force. Nonfarm Payroll Employment: Data are by place of work and cover full- and part-time employees who worked or received pay for the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. The data exclude the self-employed, volunteers, unpaid family workers, and domestics. These survey-based estimates are revised quarterly, based on more complete information from employer tax records.