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Salem

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Salem — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
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 - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020
Salem Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Mar 2023

Salem, OR Economy at a Glance:

Salem, OR

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		212.2	211.8	210.2	(p)208.3	(p)211.4
Employment(1)		203.6	203.0	201.2	(p)198.9	(p)201.0
Unemployment(1)		8.6	8.8	9.1	(p)9.4	(p)10.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.0	4.2	4.3	(p)4.5	(p)4.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		178.0	179.5	180.3	180.2	177.5	(p)178.5
12-month % change		3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.5	(p)2.5
Mining and Logging(3)		0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		16.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		13.7	13.6	13.5	13.1	12.8	(p)12.9
12-month % change		5.4	3.8	5.5	4.0	3.2	(p)1.6
Manufacturing(3)		12.4	12.3	12.1	12.0	11.9	(p)11.7
12-month % change		0.8	3.4	1.7	2.6	1.7	(p)-1.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		30.4	30.8	31.1	31.3	30.5	(p)30.1
12-month % change		0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)-1.3
Information(3)		1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.7
12-month % change		13.3	13.3	21.4	13.3	13.3	(p)13.3
Financial Activities(3)		6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	(p)6.8
12-month % change		-2.9	-4.2	-6.8	-4.2	-2.9	(p)-2.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		16.0	16.9	17.3	17.2	16.8	(p)17.3
12-month % change		1.9	3.7	4.2	2.4	5.0	(p)4.2
Education and Health Services(3)		31.6	31.7	32.0	32.0	31.6	(p)31.8
12-month % change		4.3	5.0	4.9	4.9	3.6	(p)2.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		16.1	15.9	15.3	15.9	15.5	(p)15.9
12-month % change		4.5	7.4	4.1	8.9	6.9	(p)7.4
Other Services(3)		5.5	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	(p)5.5
12-month % change		1.9	0.0	1.9	0.0	1.9	(p)1.9
Government(3)		43.1	43.8	44.4	44.2	43.9	(p)44.2
12-month % change		4.9	4.0	5.7	6.0	5.5	(p)5.0
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