{"h1":"Fastest-growing job markets in the Pacific Northwest","faq":[{"a":"Marion County leads the Pacific Northwest for job growth: private-sector jobs are +7.7% since 2022, against +0.3% across all large counties.","q":"Which county ranks first: fastest-growing job markets in the pacific northwest?"},{"a":"23 counties have at least 20,000 jobs, so the list has 23 entries.","q":"How many counties are ranked?"},{"a":"A county's score is the change in private-sector jobs from 2022 to 2025, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Only counties with at least 20,000 private-sector jobs in 2022 and 100,000 residents are ranked, so small counties do not swing the list. Sectors a county suppresses for confidentiality are left out of that county's total.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. 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Sectors a county suppresses for confidentiality are left out of that county's total."],"builtAt":"2026-11-02T22:01:52.820Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"growth","sources":["Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2022 to 2025","Census Bureau population estimates, 2020 to 2025"],"baseline":{"label":"all large counties","valueLabel":"+0.3%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Marion County, OR: +7.7%","#2 Benton County, WA: +5.9%","#3 Yamhill County, OR: +5.7%","23 counties ranked in the Pacific Northwest","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"counties","commentary":["The lead is wide: Marion County (+7.7%) is well clear of Jackson County at #10 (+1.9%).","Yamhill County reaches #3 on a sample of 35,609 jobs, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","Pierce County is the largest market in the top ten, with 276,587 jobs behind its figure.","Counties with fewer than 20,000 jobs are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/fastest-growing-job-markets-in-the-pacific-northwest"}