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Health care and social assistance is a large and steadily growing sector of Oregon’s economy. Although overall job growth slowed recently in Oregon, ...
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is composed of goods and services produced for sale in the market and measures the monetary value of final goods and ser...
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Oregon had 2.04 million people working in jobs covered by the state’s unemployment insurance system during the third quarter of 2024. This was a decr...
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In Oregon, about 123,900 workers speak English less than “very well” according to the American Community Survey responses collected from 2019 to 2023...
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