OR Employment Dept. release - Federal Government Shutdown Pauses Employment Reports - Oregon Employment Dept. report - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suspended the monthly employment and unemployment reports for the nation, states, and metropolitan areas as of Oct. 1, 2025. Oregon’s monthly jobs and unemployment rate for September are unavailable at this time. Federal Government Jobs in Oregon and the South Coast Oregon had an average of 29,000 federal government jobs covered by unemployment benefits during the first half of 2025. That accounted for about 1.5% of all jobs in the state. The federal government share of all jobs was much higher in some rural counties. The top 10 counties by share of all jobs in federal government were rural areas. More than 15% of all jobs in Sherman County were in federal government. The next-largest shares were in Grant (9%), Harney (8%), and Lake (8%) counties. Federal government jobs also tend to pay relatively high wages. Looking at annual average wages, jobs on federal government payrolls in Oregon paid nearly $98,500 in 2024. That was 38% higher than the average annual wage for all jobs in Oregon. In 2024, there were 323 federal jobs in Coos County with an average annual wage of $82,128 and 101 jobs in Curry County with an average annual wage of $84,117. Federal jobs represented about 1.4% of total payroll jobs and 2.2% of total wages in Coos County, and in Curry County federal jobs were 1.5% of payroll employment and 2.6% of total wages in 2024. Read more about federal government jobs in Oregon at the Oregon Employment Dept. website.