COLUMN: Salem ahead of Oregon in pandemic economic recovery

Looking back at the Salem area economy over the last four years brings a lot of good news to report. 

Salem area industries employed 184,200 individuals in December 2023. And employment has increased by more than 5% from December 2019 (pre-Covid). 

Salem’s recovery is the most robust of any area of the Willamette Valley, better than the state as a whole, and better than the U.S. (see table below).