Oregon’s most populous county lost 1% of its jobs from June 2024 to 2025 even as the state overall saw positive job growth.
Multnomah County, home to Portland, makes up a quarter of Oregon’s workforce.
“There are about 2 million jobs in the entire state of Oregon — and Multnomah County accounts for 500,000 of them,” Jake Procino, economist with the Oregon Employment Department, said. “Multnomah County has an overwhelming impact on the state’s numbers.”
In contrast, Oregon overall has added around 4,700 jobs overall, representing a growth rate of 0.4%. Marion and Polk Counties had the fastest rates of job growth at 1.7%…