(Salem, OR) -- Oregon's economy added 81-hundred jobs in September and the state's unemployment rate increased a fraction to three-and-a-half percent. September was the fourth consecutive month where the unemployment rate was between three-point-four and three-point-five percent. The U.S. unemployment rate is higher at three-point-eight percent. Construction topped the list adding 32-hundred jobs in September followed by professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality.