State overview · OR · Census CBP 2023
Oregon Industry Benchmarks
Employment, establishments, and payroll for 880 industries in Oregon. Drill into any industry for a Oregon-specific view, then cross-reference the national page for margins.
- 1.6M
- Workers
- 121K
- Establishments
- 880
- Industries tracked
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · Oregon
Oregon employs 1,635,645 workers across 880 tracked industries, led by General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (77,363 workers) among the 390 detailed industries with published employment.
No single sector dominates Oregon (lead 17%; top-three 42%). Margins stay on national industry pages.
Oregon sector employment mix
Share of private-sector employment by NAICS-2 sector (Census CBP 2023). Tile area = workers.
Oregon spreads employment across sectors: the largest, Health Care and Social Assistance, is only 17% of 1,635,645 private-sector workers (about the 47th percentile of states by employment). No single NAICS-2 block dominates the private labor market here.
Not ranked: 3 of 20 sectors have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Total employment, shares and the mix on this page sum only the sectors with a published figure. How we handle withheld data.
| Sector | Workers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance (62) | 286,220 | 17% |
| Retail Trade (44) | 214,932 | 13% |
| Accommodation and Food Services (72) | 188,725 | 12% |
| Top-three cumulative 42% - no single NAICS-2 block dominates. | ||
Profit margins are national (IRS SOI); open any industry row below, then the matching national industry page for profitability.
Census CBP firm roll
County Business Patterns OR DISTRIBUTED · CBP
#27/51 · 1,635,645 workers · 121,427 firms
- EMP 1,635,645
- EST 121,427
- RANK #27/51
- PCT 47th pct
- LEAD Health Care and Soci…
- SHARE 17% lead
- BAND distributed
- DENS 13.5 /firm
- BOOK 880 NAICS
- PHOTO Louisiana
Nearest employment-scale peer: Louisiana (1,658,849 workers)
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Oregon ranks #27 of 51 states and territories by total private-sector employment (level-2 sector totals, the same non-double-counted aggregate shown above). Margins stay on national industry pages (IRS SOI). Read with this state → · Lead 6-digit industry →
OR in the employment-scale neighbourhood
Top Industries by Employment
Not ranked: 419 of 809 detailed industries have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (2,900), Portfolio Management (771), Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores (753) and 76 more report more establishments than General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, so General Medical and Surgical Hospitals leads only among the 390 detailed industries with published employment. How we handle withheld data.
Breadth peers near Oregon's private employment
Nearest other states by Census CBP level-2 private employment (1,635,645 in Oregon), excluding OR.
Source: Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023 · OR
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