Oregon’s private-sector job vacancies flattened out in 2025, state says

Oregon private employers reported 58,500 job openings at any given time in 2025, according to new data from the Oregon Employment Department’s Job Vacancy Survey. Thats's essentially unchanged from the 57,800 job openings seen in 2024.

In research published Thursday, OED Senior Research Analyst Anna Johnson reports that the health care and social assistance industry saw the strongest level of hiring in 2025, with over a quarter of all vacancies coming from companies in that sector.

Most job openings across the state tended to be for full-time and permanent positions. Vacancies with higher education requirements also had a greater likelihood of prior experience requirements, and higher average wages.

Oregon saw record high levels of job vacancies in the recovery from the pandemic recession in 2021 and 2022. Vacancies returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 and 2025.

For the full analysis, see the Employment Department's article, Oregon Private Job Vacancies: 2025 Job Vacancies Remained Flat.