The November 2022 Douglas County Economic Indicators are also available on the Southwestern Oregon Quality Info page. Douglas County employment grew by 1%, or 580 jobs, from October 2021 to October 2022. The county remains 830 jobs below the number in February of 2020 on a seasonally adjusted basis. The unemployment rate has ticked up a bit in the past several months. Although the rate now sits at 4.9%, that’s still very low in historical perspective. As the holiday season ap

Happy Holiday season everyone, Below you will find November’s economic indicators for the South Coast which include the freshly released October data. You can also view them by following this QualityInfo link. The Southwest Coast Economy: Since October of last year, Coos County employment lost 40 jobs. Retail trade remained steady and had no over-the-year change for Coos, but the largest losses were seen in general merchandise stores (-70 jobs), a subsector within retail trad

The October 2022 Douglas County Economic Indicators are out now and also available at this Quality Info link. Douglas County employment grew by 2%, or 580 jobs, from September 2021 to September 2022. The county remains 750 jobs below the number in February of 2020 on a seasonally adjusted basis. Unemployment ticked up to 4.7% from 4.5% last month, although it remains 0.6 percentage points lower than this time last year. Businesses are struggling to recruit and retain workers

My name is Carlos Diaz, and as the new Southwestern Oregon Workforce Economist I’m thrilled to bring you all the Southwestern Economic Indicators for October using the latest September data. You can also find them available using this QualityInfo link. The South Coast Economy: Since September of 2021, Coos lost 170 jobs and Curry added a total of 90. Industries that saw slight jobs gains in Coos County were wholesale trade (+40 jobs) and retail trade (+40 jobs), while profess