Oregon's Unemployment Rate Increases
(Salem, OR) -- Oregon's unemployment rate has been steadily increasing over the last year. In March 2024, the unemployment rate was four-point-one percent. Last month, the unemployment rate was four-point-six percent. That's the highest since August 2021. Health care added 46-hundred jobs, which was primarily due to the resolution of the Providence nurses' strike. Professional and business services added a thousand jobs.



