Losses in Local Education and Leisure and Hospitality – Oregon Employment Dept. release – Coos County total payroll employment fell 460 jobs in January. Job losses were estimated in leisure and hospitality (-70); professional and business services (-70); construction (-50); retail trade (-40); and transportation, warehousing, and utilities (-40). Government employment fell by 130, due to a decline of 130 jobs in local government education. Coos County added 390 payroll jobs over the past year. Gains were posted in professional and business services (+120); leisure and hospitality (+70); and transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+40). Industries with estimated job losses over the year were construction (-70), other services (-30), and mining and logging (-20). Government employment climbed by 260 jobs with gains in local government excluding education and tribal (+140) and Indian tribal (+110). Curry County payroll employment fell by 110 jobs in January. Both leisure and hospitality, and retail trade shed 30 jobs over the month. Government employment added 10 jobs over the month. Other published industries showed little change in January. Over the past year, Curry County payroll employment fell by 40 jobs. Losses were estimated in leisure and hospitality (-130), manufacturing (-20), and professional and business services (-20). A few industries added jobs since January 2022 including retail trade (+50), other services (+30), and health care (+20).
