SALEM — Unemployment numbers were mixed across the region in September, with two of Northeastern Oregon’s six counties showing slight upticks and four showing modest decreases, according to the latest data from the Oregon Employment Department.

The jobless rate in September was 3.7% in Baker County and 4.2% in Union, both up by 1/10 of a percentage point from the month before. 

Elsewhere in the upper right corner of the state, unemployment was down 0.1 point in Grant (4.6%) and Wallowa (3.2%) counties, down by 0.2 point in Umatilla County (3.7%) and down by 0.3 point in Morrow County (3.4%).

When adjusted for normal seasonal fluctuations, the jobless numbers were higher across the board. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 4.2% in Baker County, 5.7% in Grant, 3.7% in Morrow, 4.0% in Umatilla, 4.6% in Union and 4.3% in Wallowa. 

Those percentages were unchanged from August in every Northeastern Oregon county except Grant, which was up 0.2 point for the month.

The number of unemployed workers in September was 264 in Baker County, 146 in Grant, 210 in Morrow, 1,468 in Umatilla, 505 in Union and 119 in Wallowa.