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Salem

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Salem — May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
CPI Historical Table - Portland-Salem, OR-WA (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - Portland-Salem, OR-WA (old base) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Portland – Second Half 2017	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2018
2018 CPI Revision - West Region Overview (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Feb 2018
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019

Salem, OR Economy at a Glance:

Salem, OR

Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		214.2	213.7	212.2	211.8	(p)210.1
Employment(1)		205.6	204.4	203.6	203.0	(p)201.0
Unemployment(1)		8.6	9.3	8.6	8.8	(p)9.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.0	4.4	4.0	4.2	(p)4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		172.8	173.3	175.0	176.6	177.6	(p)177.3
12-month % change		1.7	1.9	1.7	1.7	2.1	(p)1.5
Mining and Logging(3)		0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		14.4	14.6	14.3	14.4	14.3	(p)13.9
12-month % change		9.9	10.6	10.0	9.9	9.2	(p)9.4
Manufacturing(3)		13.0	13.1	12.7	12.5	12.3	(p)12.3
12-month % change		4.0	5.6	3.3	2.5	3.4	(p)3.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		30.3	30.4	30.4	30.6	31.0	(p)31.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	-0.3	(p)-0.6
Information(3)		1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change		-6.3	-6.7	-6.7	-6.7	-6.7	(p)-6.7
Financial Activities(3)		7.0	7.0	6.9	7.0	6.9	(p)7.0
12-month % change		0.0	-1.4	-1.4	1.4	0.0	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		14.6	14.7	14.8	15.5	15.9	(p)16.0
12-month % change		-6.4	-4.5	-4.5	-3.1	-2.5	(p)-2.4
Education and Health Services(3)		30.2	30.3	30.5	30.7	30.9	(p)30.7
12-month % change		0.7	1.3	0.3	-1.0	0.7	(p)1.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		16.3	15.9	15.6	15.5	15.3	(p)15.2
12-month % change		7.2	3.2	1.3	5.4	3.4	(p)-5.0
Other Services(3)		5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	(p)5.4
12-month % change		3.7	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		39.3	39.8	42.4	43.0	43.6	(p)43.4
12-month % change		1.8	2.3	3.4	3.4	4.6	(p)4.8
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary