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Oregon Loses 4,900 Jobs In January

(Salem, OR) -- Oregon lost 49-hundred jobs in January following a gain of 19-hundred jobs in December. The Oregon Employment Department reports the state's unemployment rate was four-point-one percent compared to the national rate of three-point-seven percent. Over the last year, the state lost a total of 49-hundred jobs. The private sector cut 15-thousand jobs while health care and social assistance added more than 13-thousand. In January, the largest losses were in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, other services and transportation, warehousing, and utilities.

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