How many job openings are there in Oregon?
Updated monthly
About 83,000, as of August 2025. The number of job openings decreased by 14,000 from August 2024. A “job opening” is defined as a position open on the last business day of the month. To be considered “open,” a job must meet three conditions: (1) There’s work available for the position; (2) The job could start within 30 days; and (3) The employer is actively recruiting.
83K
job openings in Oregon (August 2025)
14K
fewer unfilled jobs in Oregon in August 2025 than in August 2024
The number of job openings is one measure of employer demand for workers and is a commonly referred-to economic indicator. An increase in the number of job openings often indicates the economy is growing, while a decline may indicate slowed growth.
The number of job openings in Oregon has declined over the over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted), December 2000–August 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in Oregon increased from 36,000 in January 2010 to 112,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 73,000. Job openings in Oregon then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In August 2025, there were 83,000 job openings, down 14.4% from one year prior.
What is the job openings rate in Oregon?
The job openings rate is another way to consider this data. It tells us what percentage of all jobs, filled and unfilled, were open during a given time period. This allows for better comparisons across time, industries, and places by adjusting for differences in the size of the working population.
A lower share of jobs were open in Oregon than in the US overall in August.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), August 2025
In August 2025, 4% of all jobs in Oregon were unfilled. This was 0.3 percentage points lower than the job openings rate US-wide.
Job openings also differ across states and regions for many reasons, including differing economies and dominating industries. Oregon’s August job openings rate was lower than 39 states.
In August 2025, Oregon's job openings rate was lower than 39 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, August 2025
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