Are you looking for a job in the Salem area?  The largest sectors of employment in the Salem Metropolitan Service Area (MSA) are Government (28%), Services (24%), and Trade (21%). 

State employment information can be obtained from the State of Oregon Employment Department.

Historically, the Salem area economy has been based on government employment, agriculture, food processing, wood and paper products and light manufacturing. However, since the 1980's, manufacturing has shown steady growth away from the traditional lumber and wood products toward a more diverse group of industries, including manufactured homes, silicon wafers, metal products, electronic equipment, and tourism.

The food products industry is the largest single manufacturing sector, employing 3,500 or more people year round, and as many as 10,000 during the peak of the processing season which is August or September.