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Salem, OR jobs, layoffs and employers

151 open professional jobs in Salem. Salem is in Marion County.

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Jobs in Salem

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Employers hiring most in Salem

  1. Agility Robotics13 open roles
  2. Garmin10 open roles
  3. Northwest Human Services4 open roles
  4. State of Oregon4 open roles
  5. FORTH Recruiting3 open roles
  6. Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)3 open roles
  7. Amazon2 open roles
  8. Army National Guard Units2 open roles
  9. Honeywell International2 open roles
  10. Internationalinsuranceprofessionals2 open roles

Salem layoffs

No layoff notices naming Salem in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Salem

Colleges in Salem
CollegeTypeStudents
Corban UniversityPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Willamette UniversityPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999

Where Salem ranks

Where Salem placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Marion County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 7.7% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,243 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,973 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−868 jobs), finance & insurance (−435 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Salem

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Salem. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Oregon? How to file for unemployment in Oregon (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • WorkSource - Salem

    Salem · Comprehensive · 503-378-4846

    8:30am - 5pm M-F

Marion County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 187,060

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 346,532

    people in Marion County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,624

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Oregon’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Oregon unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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