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The state’s employment economist said the increase is a welcome positive start after a year of losses in 2025.

Each day will focus on a different industry, and include info on career pathways, training and open jobs.

Slow declines in jobs have been a national trend as employers struggle with economic uncertainty.

Forecasts for the Oregon labor market through 2034 show 6% growth despite a recent downturn in unemployment.

The state’s unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since recovering from a COVID-19 shutdown spike.

The global semiconductor firm signaled earlier this year layoffs were coming. Tuesday’s filing with the state shows 529 Oregon positions are being chopped.

The company called the move a strategic business decision.

Oregon’s unemployment rate went up a tenth of a percentage point in April, according to the latest monthly report from the state Employment Department.

Oregon companies that import everything from rare antiques to electrical parts for manufacturing are scrambling as President Donald Trump’s tariffs raise the cost of doing business.

Citing an expected budget deficit, Benton County announced a partial hiring freeze Friday.

In a typical year, the agency hires more than 1,000 summer workers for temporary roles in Oregon and Washington’s federal forests.

Oregon is on track for 16 percent job growth over the next nine years, according to economists with the state’s Employment Department.