Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped below 9.0 percent for the first
time since November 2008.
At 1,626,300 in December, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment has been relatively flat for most of the past 10 months. Since February it has stayed between 1,621,700 and 1,626,300, which is a range of only 4,600 jobs or 0.3 percent.
Construction employment showed modest improvement in December, gaining 600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis, and adding 3,100 jobs or 4.6 percent since December 2010.
Oregon Employment Department
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