Total payroll employment in Jackson County rose by 270 jobs in February as many industries added jobs over the month.
According to the Oregon Employment Department, there were 100,927 people working in Jackson County in February for a seasonally adjusted jobless rate of 4.5%, which was up from 4.3% in January and down from 5.4% in February 2023.
On the positive side, jobs were added in construction, private education & health services, leisure & hospitality, and professional & business services. Retail trade and manufacturing lost jobs in February while government jobs increased, with most of the gains in local government education.
Over the past year, payroll employment in Jackson County lost a total of 130 jobs, a decrease of 0.1%. Jackson County employment is now 1,620 jobs below the total reached in February 2020, prior to the pandemic.
Industries adding jobs since February 2023 included private education & health services (+780) and construction (+150). Industries showing over-the-year losses were professional & business services (-580), financial activities (-200), transportation, warehousing & utilities (-140), other services (-120), leisure & hospitality (-100), retail trade (-80), information (-80) and wholesale trade (-50).
Government employment was up by 300 jobs in Jackson County over the year.
