Oregon’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.5 percent in April. But more jobs were added to payrolls in that same span.
The professional and business service sector hired 2,400 staff, government added another 1,500 and construction added 1,000.
Some sectors lost jobs. For example, manufacturing lost 1,300 positions.
The last year has been very good for Oregon’s economy. A record 64,000 jobs were added for an annual growth rate of 3.6 percent.
The last time Oregon's economy grew that fast was in 1997, at the beginning of the tech boom.
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