Labor Market Insights

Instawork's monthly summary of changes in roles, pay, demographics, and tightness in the local labor market:

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Average hourly pay via Instawork data chart, for the Portland market

Government Statistics

$37.49

mean hourly pay

$3.29 higher than the national mean*

3.4%

unemployment rate

0.1% lower than the national average**

8.8%

higher consumer prices

relative to the national average***

* Bureau of Labor Statistics, all occupations, December 2023

** Bureau of Labor Statistics, headline unemployment rate, November 2023

*** Bureau of Economic Analysis, January 2022