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Cities in Oregon by employed residents

Portland, OR had the highest employed residents of 25 cities in 2017, at 362,566. Happy Valley, OR had the lowest, at 10,907. The median was 19,137. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest362,566Portland, OR
Lowest10,907Happy Valley, OR
Median19,13725 cities

All cities, 2017

Portland, OR: 362,566 personsPortland, OR362,566Eugene, OR: 85,156 personsEugene, OR85,156Salem, OR: 77,385 personsSalem, OR77,385Hillsboro, OR: 56,839 personsHillsboro, OR56,839Gresham, OR: 56,321 personsGresham, OR56,321Beaverton, OR: 52,832 personsBeaverton, OR52,832Bend, OR: 47,951 personsBend, OR47,951Medford, OR: 37,783 personsMedford, OR37,783Springfield, OR: 30,167 personsSpringfield, OR30,167Corvallis, OR: 29,498 personsCorvallis, OR29,498Tigard, OR: 27,225 personsTigard, OR27,225Albany, OR: 24,292 personsAlbany, OR24,292Lake Oswego, OR: 19,137 personsLake Oswego, OR19,137Oregon City, OR: 18,716 personsOregon City, OR18,716Keizer, OR: 17,996 personsKeizer, OR17,996Grants Pass, OR: 15,726 personsGrants Pass, OR15,726Tualatin, OR: 14,899 personsTualatin, OR14,899McMinnville, OR: 14,597 personsMcMinnville, OR14,597Redmond, OR: 14,054 personsRedmond, OR14,054Newberg, OR: 13,449 personsNewberg, OR13,449Wilsonville, OR: 12,895 personsWilsonville, OR12,895West Linn, OR: 12,105 personsWest Linn, OR12,105Forest Grove, OR: 12,096 personsForest Grove, OR12,096Woodburn, OR: 11,671 personsWoodburn, OR11,671Happy Valley, OR: 10,907 personsHappy Valley, OR10,907Portland, OR: 362,566 personsPortland, OR362,566Eugene, OR: 85,156 personsEugene, OR85,156Salem, OR: 77,385 personsSalem, OR77,385Hillsboro, OR: 56,839 personsHillsboro, OR56,839Gresham, OR: 56,321 personsGresham, OR56,321Beaverton, OR: 52,832 personsBeaverton, OR52,832Bend, OR: 47,951 personsBend, OR47,951Medford, OR: 37,783 personsMedford, OR37,783Springfield, OR: 30,167 personsSpringfield, OR30,167Corvallis, OR: 29,498 personsCorvallis, OR29,498Tigard, OR: 27,225 personsTigard, OR27,225Albany, OR: 24,292 personsAlbany, OR24,292Lake Oswego, OR: 19,137 personsLake Oswego, OR19,137Oregon City, OR: 18,716 personsOregon City, OR18,716Keizer, OR: 17,996 personsKeizer, OR17,996Grants Pass, OR: 15,726 personsGrants Pass, OR15,726Tualatin, OR: 14,899 personsTualatin, OR14,899McMinnville, OR: 14,597 personsMcMinnville, OR14,597Redmond, OR: 14,054 personsRedmond, OR14,054Newberg, OR: 13,449 personsNewberg, OR13,449Wilsonville, OR: 12,895 personsWilsonville, OR12,895West Linn, OR: 12,105 personsWest Linn, OR12,105Forest Grove, OR: 12,096 personsForest Grove, OR12,096Woodburn, OR: 11,671 personsWoodburn, OR11,671Happy Valley, OR: 10,907 personsHappy Valley, OR10,907
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Portland, OR362,566+2.4%
2Eugene, OR85,156+2.5%
3Salem, OR77,385+2.6%
4Hillsboro, OR56,839+3.6%
5Gresham, OR56,321+1.1%
6Beaverton, OR52,832+1.6%
7Bend, OR47,951+4.8%
8Medford, OR37,783+2.9%
9Springfield, OR30,167+1.9%
10Corvallis, OR29,498+3.8%
11Tigard, OR27,225+4.3%
12Albany, OR24,292+2.4%
13Lake Oswego, OR19,137+3%
14Oregon City, OR18,716+2.5%
15Keizer, OR17,996+1.9%
16Grants Pass, OR15,726+3.7%
17Tualatin, OR14,899+1.8%
18McMinnville, OR14,597+2.8%
19Redmond, OR14,054+3.5%
20Newberg, OR13,449+2.2%
21Wilsonville, OR12,895+2.8%
22West Linn, OR12,105+1.9%
23Forest Grove, OR12,096+2.7%
24Woodburn, OR11,671+1.7%
25Happy Valley, OR10,907+10.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2017. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/oregon-cities?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/oregon-cities?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Oregon by employed residents, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/oregon-cities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Portland, OR, with 362,566 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Happy Valley, OR, with 10,907 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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