Salem’s unemployment rate falls in April to 3.7%

Oregon Employment Department. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Fewer Salem residents were unemployed in April than in March, and unemployment locally remains far below what it was one year ago.

That’s according to new Oregon Employment Department data released Tuesday, which showed declines in the unemployment rate for 28 or Oregon’s 36 counties, including Marion and Polk.

The Salem metropolitan area had a 3.7% seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April, down from 3.8% in March, and 5.9%…