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Medford, Oregon Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Medford fell 0.5 percentage points in July 2021 to 5.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Oregon rate. The unemployment rate in Medford peaked in April 2020 at 14.1% and is now 8.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Medford unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate July 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 5.4% -0.5 -4.8
Oregon 5.2% -0.4 -4.4
Medford 5.5% -0.5 -3.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with July 2021 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Medford, Oregon, National

Medford, Oregon monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Medford, Oregon Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Medford peaked in April 2020 at 14,307. There are now 8,161 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Medford employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Medford, Oregon) is also available.

Unemployed Persons July 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Medford 6,146 -413 -3,260

Number of Unemployed Persons

Medford, Oregon Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Oregon
Unemployment Rate		 Medford
Unemployment Rate		 Medford
Unemployed
August
2021		 5.2% — — —
July
2021		 5.4% 5.2% 5.5% 6,146
June
2021		 5.9% 5.6% 6.0% 6,559
May
2021		 5.8% 5.8% 6.3% 6,838
April
2021		 6.1% 5.9% 6.4% 6,953
March
2021		 6.0% 6.0% 6.5% 7,127
February
2021		 6.2% 6.1% 6.8% 7,361
January
2021		 6.3% 6.2% 7.1% 7,781
December
2020		 6.7% 6.3% 6.2% 6,622
November
2020		 6.7% 6.6% 6.5% 6,928
October
2020		 6.9% 7.0% 6.9% 7,318
September
2020		 7.8% 7.5% 7.8% 8,284

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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