The self-employment rate is the percent of all employed people who have their own businesses (“proprietors”) as opposed to working for someone else in return for wages or salary.
In 2021, the self-employment rate in Oregon. . .
- was 23.7 percent, compared to 22.9 percent in 2010, 19.4 percent in 2000, 19.1 percent in 1990, and 18.4 percent in 1980;
- was 23.7 percent, compared to 24.5 in the U.S.;
- ranked 24th – from highest to lowest – out of the U.S.'s 50 states.