The local economy of Oregon and its counties, metro areas and cities, from official US government data, plus daily local gas prices for the state, its counties and metro areas.
Unemployment rate
5.1%
-0.2 ptsvs a year ago
Counties: lowest Hood River County 3.7%, highest Josephine County 7.2%.
August 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary
Average weekly pay
$1,481
+4.6%vs a year ago
1,952,327 jobs at 173,451 business locations.
Q1 2026, all jobs
New homes permitted
15,315
+3.7%this year vs last year
Most in Deschutes County 2,399, Washington County 2,217.
Homes in the last 12 months, to August 2026
People moving in
-5,653
-1.7 per 1,000residents
99,974 moved in and 105,627 moved out. Most newcomers came from California.
Net people, 2022 to 2023, the newest year published
Oregon gas price
$5.01
+$0.90vs a year ago
Counties: lowest Benton County $4.80, highest Wallowa County $5.33. Counties and metro areas
Regular, per gallon, Oregon, October 10, 2026
Newest data: -. Not seasonally adjusted: compare with the same month a year earlier. Click a row for the history of that area.
The state, its counties and metro areas, updated daily. A separate series from the weekly survey prices above.
Business locations, employees and payroll by industry, 2023. Click an industry for its US report.
Business locations
122K
0.0%vs 2022
2023, places with paid employees
Employees
1.70M
+1.9%vs 2022
Largest sector: Health Care and Social Assistance (16.9%).
2023, mid-March
Annual payroll
$109.9B
Wages and salaries paid during the year.
2023, all industries
Average pay
$64,724
Highest sector: Management of Companies and Enterprises $143,537.
Per employee per year
Share of Oregon's employees, 2023
| Industry | Employees | Average pay |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places | 144,208 | $26,398 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 77,363 | $94,592 |
| Employment Services | 55,164 | $47,299 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 54,245 | $143,537 |
| Grocery Stores | 41,530 | $32,948 |
| General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters | 35,863 | $34,590 |
| Building Equipment Contractors | 33,436 | $89,463 |
| Offices of Physicians | 31,825 | $93,975 |
| Individual and Family Services | 29,641 | $40,723 |
| Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly | 26,338 | $38,279 |
| Traveler Accommodation | 25,768 | $36,039 |
| Services to Buildings and Dwellings | 24,578 | $40,170 |
Most values are changed slightly to protect the privacy of single businesses; a few are withheld and shown as a range. Counties and metro areas have the same numbers in the area card above (Industries).
Offered pay in certified work-visa filings, fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025). Click a company for its jobs and salaries.
In fiscal year 2025, employers offered a median of $120,400 a year in 4,060 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Oregon, up 5.6% from 2024 (US: $120,000). The largest job group was Software Developers. Fiscal year 2026 so far covers filings decided through Jun 30, 2026.
Median offered pay
$120,400
+5.6%vs 2024
Middle half: $97,906 to $145,810.
H-1B, fiscal year 2025
H-1B filings
4,060
-3.6%vs 2024
6,690 positions asked for.
Certified, full-time, fiscal year 2025
Top job group
$135,200
Software Developers, 968 filings.
Median offered pay of the largest job group
Green card jobs
$98,093
-0.8%vs 2024
1,031 PERM filings.
PERM median, fiscal year 2025
Median and middle half of the offers in Oregon, next to the US median. Hover a year for the numbers.
| Job group | Filings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 968 | $135,200 |
| Materials Engineers | 664 | $130,291 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 327 | $117,590 |
| Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians | 252 | $111,384 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 111 | $120,869 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 97 | $93,600 |
| Industrial Engineers | 92 | $107,973 |
| Data Scientists | 90 | $129,335 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | 80 | $171,392 |
| Electrical Engineers | 71 | $135,902 |
| Employer | Filings | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | 1,209 | 3 |
| NIKE, Inc. NKE | 265 | 7 |
| Oregon State University | 128 | 7 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | 111 | 5 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. CTSH | 65 | 5 |
| Lam Research Corporation LRCX | 62 | 3 |
| IBM Corporation IBM | 62 | 1 |
| Apple Inc. AAPL | 53 | 2 |
| Infosys Limited INFY | 52 | 4 |
| Microsoft Corporation MSFT | 51 | 5 |
| City | Filings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | 1,643 | $128,669 | $107,973 to $135,491 |
| Portland | 981 | $117,643 | $91,333 to $150,000 |
| Beaverton | 626 | $135,459 | $111,384 to $163,926 |
| Corvallis | 137 | $75,000 | $64,800 to $103,248 |
| Tualatin | 84 | $112,757 | $103,538 to $130,291 |
| Salem | 68 | $112,638 | $92,000 to $144,750 |
| Lake Oswego | 59 | $112,070 | $91,333 to $134,047 |
| Eugene | 56 | $90,000 | $73,320 to $135,596 |
| Wilsonville | 38 | $125,774 | $114,752 to $158,529 |
| Bend | 30 | $101,070 | $85,310 to $146,098 |
Yearly pay that employers offered in certified work-visa filings (H-1B, E-3 and PERM green card), from official public data. Pay is the lower end of the offered pay range, for full-time positions only. These are offered pay figures for positions in work-visa filings, not the pay of all employees. A filing is an offer for a position, not a hire, and one person can appear in several filings. Fiscal years run from October to September. Groups with fewer than 3 filings show counts only. Employers are ranked by filings in the cities of Oregon added up.
Declared disasters and flood insurance claims: what happened, from official public data.
Oregon has had 174 declared disasters and emergencies since 1955, 128 of them since 2000, most often Fire. Flood insurance has paid $110.1 million on 6,095 claims since 1978; the biggest year was 1996 ($35.2 million).
Declared disasters
128
25 major disasters. Most often Fire (129 since 1955).
Since 2000, all types; 174 since 1955
Flood claims paid
$11.7M
525 claims. Biggest year 1996 ($35.2M).
2016 to 2025, flood insurance
Policies in force
23,122
Average premium $905 a year.
2025, flood insurance policies
Most-declared county
21
Wasco County, latest Jul 25, 2026.
Declarations since 2000
Declarations for Oregon, 1955 to today
Claims paid in Oregon by the year of the flood, US dollars
Declarations since 1955
Declarations naming the county since 2000; statewide ones not counted
All years since 1978; policies are a yearly average. Top 15 of 36.
| # | County | Claims | Paid | Policies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clackamas County | 816 | $24.6M | 1,858 |
| 2 | Columbia County | 432 | $21.0M | 731 |
| 3 | Tillamook County | 754 | $15.2M | 1,971 |
| 4 | Lincoln County | 462 | $6.31M | 2,275 |
| 5 | Marion County | 400 | $6.03M | 1,798 |
| 6 | Washington County | 408 | $5.48M | 1,680 |
| 7 | Multnomah County | 348 | $4.62M | 2,786 |
| 8 | Lane County | 454 | $4.19M | 3,554 |
| 9 | Douglas County | 300 | $3.91M | 1,501 |
| 10 | Coos County | 194 | $3.34M | 478 |
| 11 | Jackson County | 304 | $2.49M | 1,614 |
| 12 | Clatsop County | 160 | $2.01M | 2,079 |
| 13 | Umatilla County | 94 | $1.77M | 502 |
| 14 | Linn County | 137 | $1.77M | 786 |
| 15 | Curry County | 88 | $1.34M | 281 |
A declaration opens federal help after a disaster; it can name counties or the whole state. Flood insurance numbers count insured losses only (most homes have no flood insurance) and are not adjusted for inflation; the current year is data so far. For the flood-zone risk of a place, open the area on the real estate map.
Environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports of facilities in Oregon, from official public data.
Official public data lists 3,114 facilities in Oregon with records since 2010, 3,082 of them with environmental compliance records. In 2022 to 2026, the largest penalties were at Charleston Division in Charleston ($2,985,262). 78 large facilities reported 13.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023, up 13.7% from 2022.
Facilities with records
3,114
3,082 with environmental records.
Since 2010
Largest penalties
$2.99M
Charleston Division, Charleston.
One facility, 2022 to 2026
Greenhouse gases
13.9M t
+13.7%vs 2022
78 reporting facilities.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
Largest emitter
1.73M t
Generating Station Westward 2, Clatskanie.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
| Facility | Penalties | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston Division Charleston | $2,985,262 | 4 |
| Schnitzer Steel Industries - North Burgard Facility Portland | $1,550,000 | 6 |
| Pacific Wood Preserving of Oregon Sheridan | $1,055,825 | 19 |
| Ash Grove Cement Company Huntington | $866,985 | 6 |
| Lacamas Laboratories, INC. Albany | $500,000 | 4 |
| Sandy WWTP Boring | $500,000 | 3 |
| Zenith Energy Terminals Holdings LLC - Portland Terminal Portland | $437,729 | 0 |
| J H Baxter and Company Eugene | $305,440 | 7 |
| Src Division of Rossborough Supply CO Albany | $261,499 | 2 |
| East Side Plating Plants 1 2 3 Portland | $227,105 | 17 |
| Facility | Metric tons CO2e |
|---|---|
| Generating Station Westward 2 Clatskanie | 1,733,773 |
| Coyote Springs Power Generating Facility Boardman | 1,576,674 |
| Hermiston Power Partnership Power Plant Hermiston | 1,563,688 |
| Carty Generation Station Boardman | 1,255,636 |
| Hermiston Generating Plant Hermiston | 1,199,069 |
| Klamath Cogeneration Project Klamath Falls | 1,145,632 |
| Portland General Electric Co.-Beaver Clatskanie | 912,292 |
| Ash Grove Cement Company-Durkee Durkee | 580,299 |
| Georgia Pacific Corp. Toledo | 336,731 |
| Wauna Mill Clatskanie | 315,350 |
Large facilities in Oregon, metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Hover a year for the number.
Their facilities in Oregon, 2022 to 2026. Click a company for its Risk & Compliance tab.
| Company | Facilities | Penalties | CO2e (t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx Corporation FDX | 4 | $52K | - |
| PepsiCo, Inc. PEP | 2 | $30K | - |
| The Home Depot, Inc. HD | 22 | $26K | - |
| Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN | 2 | $18K | - |
| O-I Glass, Inc. OI | 1 | $16K | 11K |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK-B | 3 | $6,300 | - |
Official public data on environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports, summarized by facility and year since 2010. A record does not mean a site is unsafe today; penalties and violations vary a lot by industry and size. Penalties are the amounts assessed (after settlements), not amounts paid. Recent years can still change.
Cost, students and graduate earnings of the colleges in the state, from official public data.
The newest unemployment rate, pay, new home permits, moves and gas price for Oregon, updated as new official numbers come out.
Unemployment for Oregon is seasonally adjusted; for its counties, metro areas and cities it is not, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Pay covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance. Building permits count homes approved to be built, not homes sold. Moves count households by where they filed their tax returns in two years in a row. Daily gas prices are average pump prices for Oregon, its counties and metro areas on the day shown. The weekly gas prices in the explorer come from a separate weekly survey that publishes a price for only some states, so a state without one shows the price of its region there; the two series are never combined.
The unemployment rate in Oregon was 5.1% in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), compared with 5.3% a year earlier. 2,095,305 people were employed out of a labor force of 2,208,273. Among its counties, Hood River County had the lowest rate (3.7%) and Josephine County the highest (7.2%, not seasonally adjusted).
Average weekly pay in Oregon was $1,481 in Q1 2026, up 4.6% from a year earlier, across 1,952,327 jobs at 173,451 business locations.
Building permits were issued for 935 new homes in Oregon in August 2026 (751 single-family and 131 in buildings with 5 or more units). From January to August the total was 9,842, up 3.7% from the same months last year, and 15,315 in the last 12 months. The most homes were permitted in Deschutes County (2,399), Washington County (2,217), Multnomah County (1,973) over the last 12 months.
No, more people moved out than in. From 2022 to 2023, 99,974 people moved to Oregon and 105,627 moved away, a net loss of 5,653 (-1.7 per 1,000 residents). Most newcomers came from California, Washington, Texas, and most people who left went to Washington, California, Texas.
Regular gasoline in Oregon averaged $5.01 per gallon on October 10, 2026, up $0.90 from a year earlier. Diesel averaged $6.75. Among its counties, Benton County had the lowest regular price ($4.80) and Wallowa County the highest ($5.33).
Health Care and Social Assistance (286,220 employees), Retail Trade (214,932 employees), Accommodation and Food Services (188,725 employees) were the largest sectors in Oregon in 2023. In all, 122,451 business locations employed 1,697,911 people at an average pay of $64,724 a year.
$120,400 a year was the median pay offered in 4,060 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Oregon in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), up 5.6% from 2024. The middle half of the offers ranged from $97,906 to $145,810. The US median was $120,000. These are offered pay figures in work-visa filings, not the pay of all workers.
Intel Corporation (1,209), NIKE, Inc. (265), Oregon State University (128), Oregon Health & Science University (111), Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. (65) had the most certified H-1B filings for jobs in Oregon in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025).
Software Developers (968 filings, median $135,200), Materials Engineers (664 filings, median $130,291), Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (327 filings, median $117,590) were the largest job groups in certified H-1B filings in Oregon in fiscal year 2025.
$135,459 was the median offered pay in Beaverton, the highest among the Oregon cities with the most H-1B filings in fiscal year 2025 (626 filings).
$98,093 a year was the median pay offered in 1,031 certified PERM green card filings for jobs in Oregon in fiscal year 2025.
174 disasters and emergencies have been declared for Oregon since 1955, 128 of them since 2000 (25 major disasters). The most common type is Fire (129 declarations).
Wasco County, with 21 declarations since 2000, followed by Josephine County (20) and Douglas County (19). Statewide declarations are not counted for single counties.
$110.1 million on 6,095 flood insurance claims since 1978. The biggest year was 1996, with $35.2 million paid on 1,789 claims. Clackamas County received the most ($24.6 million).
$905 a year in 2025, across 23,122 flood insurance policies in Oregon. Most homes have no flood insurance; the premium depends on the home's flood risk and coverage.