February 27, 2026 3:50 a.m. 

Oregon private employers reported 58,500 job openings at any given time in 2025.

A State of Oregon Employment Department release said this was essentially unchanged from the 57,800 job openings seen in 2024, according to new data from the agency’s Job Vacancy Survey.

In research published on Thursday, senior research analyst Anna Johnson said 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 wages.

The release said 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, read the OED article: www.qualityinfo.org/-/oregon-private-job-vacancies-2925-job-vacancies-remained-flat