The January 2022 Douglas County Economic Indicators are out now and also available at this qualityinfo.org link. Employment increased by 70 jobs in December in Douglas County on a seasonally adjusted basis, and the unemployment rate declined to 4.9%. Growth over the year was 770 jobs, a rate of 2.1%. We’ve recovered 71% of the jobs lost in March and April 2020. The only large industry to lose jobs over the last year was professional and business services, which includes a wid

Coos County payroll lost 40 jobs in December, and added back 470 jobs since December of 2020. Curry County payroll lost 80 jobs in December, and added back 30 jobs since December 2020. Here are the indicators for Coos and Curry Counties. This month the graph featured is from the article Employer Responses to the Pandemic from the Oregon Job Vacancy Survey. This article contains a lot of information coming out of the job vacancy survey that includes private employers in man

Susan Cox is our 200th registered Medical Assistant Apprentice! Despite labor shortages and Omicron, these amazing women and men go to work every day to earn and learn so that they can be certified MAs. Thank you, Susan, and WELCOME ABOARD!! https://www.sowib.org/apprenticeships

The December 2021 Douglas County Economic Indicators are out now and also available at this qualityinfo.org link. Douglas County employment grew slightly from November of last year, adding 130 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. Unemployment continues to march downward, and now stands at 5.1%, which is similar to the level in early 2019 although not yet matching its previous low near the beginning of 2020. For the graph of the month, I looked at the job recovery in several a

Attached are the Economic Indicators for the month of December showcasing the November 2021 data. It is very hard to believe that we have come to the end of 2021, poof with the blink of an eye, we will be moving forward to 2022. We have made large gains to add back jobs to reach low unemployment levels once again. We still have uncertainty in filling vacant positions in the workforce, only time will tell how long these issues will continue in the future. Here is the feature