State labor market
Oregon labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Oregon. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Oregon hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Oregon.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Oregon workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
42,330estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
36,190estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Oregon figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$129,010/yr Oregon median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$142,720/yr Oregon median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$101,310/yr Oregon median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$85,800/yr Oregon median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$77,130/yr Oregon median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$161,560/yr Oregon median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Oregon occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Oregon workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists$57,580/yr state median · 1,860 workers+60.9%vs. U.S. $35,790/yr
- Electricians$101,310/yr state median · 10,590 workers+60.3%vs. U.S. $63,190/yr
- Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters$97,050/yr state median · 5,370 workers+52.1%vs. U.S. $63,800/yr
- Massage therapists$86,970/yr state median · 2,250 workers+48.8%vs. U.S. $58,450/yr
- Tree trimmers and pruners$75,440/yr state median · 1,610 workers+48.0%vs. U.S. $50,960/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Web developers$64,460/yr state median · 1,140 workers-30.4%vs. U.S. $92,650/yr
- Fundraising managers$103,870/yr state median · 1,160 workers-17.2%vs. U.S. $125,470/yr
- Computer occupations, all other$97,350/yr state median · 2,450 workers-16.5%vs. U.S. $116,580/yr
- Labor relations specialists$80,490/yr state median · 1,210 workers-15.6%vs. U.S. $95,420/yr
- Natural sciences managers$143,120/yr state median · 1,700 workers-14.4%vs. U.S. $167,220/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Oregon
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Oregon. Links marked “Oregon report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Oregon report is available.
687 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.