Oregon Unemployment Rate at 4.1% for Fourth Straight Month

Oregon’s state unemployment rate is 4.1% for the fourth straight month, and the rate remains the lowest on record. The state added 4,200 jobs in March, with retail, auto sales, and manufacturing seeing the highest gains. The U-6 rate, which tracks discouraged workers who have dropped out of the labor force, is also at a historically low rate of 8.3%. Read more.