Minam River near confluence with Wallowa River IMG 4501 · Photo: Williamborg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wallowa County, Oregon
7,553 residents · Updated Nov 12, 2026
Rental availability, asking rents against HUD Fair Market Rent, and community services in Wallowa County, from the data behind Range Lab’s tools, refreshed daily.
Minam River near confluence with Wallowa River IMG 4501 · Photo: Williamborg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2,547
▼ 4.3%
vs. a year ago · Q1 2026
$1,077
▲ 4.9%
vs. a year ago · $26.93/hr
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Needs a 2-bedroom rent
No published median yet
5.0%
▲ 0.3 pts
vs. a year ago · July 2026
$67,112
7.8%
below the poverty line · ACS 2024
Wages over time
Average weekly wage, indexed to Q2 2023 = 100. Zillow publishes no rent index for this county.
+4.9%wages vs. a year ago
| Q2 2023 | Wages 100.0 |
|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | Wages 99.9 |
| Q4 2023 | Wages 102.7 |
| Q1 2024 | Wages 104.7 |
| Q2 2024 | Wages 101.1 |
| Q3 2024 | Wages 106.5 |
| Q4 2024 | Wages 110.9 |
| Q1 2025 | Wages 107.3 |
| Q2 2025 | Wages 108.5 |
| Q3 2025 | Wages 112.6 |
| Q4 2025 | Wages 116.6 |
| Q1 2026 | Wages 112.5 |
Unemployment, year over year
Not seasonally adjusted, so each year gets its own line. A line above last year’s is the real signal. October 2025 was not published.
| Month | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8% | 7.2% | 8.1% |
| February | 6.8% | 7.2% | 7.6% |
| March | 6.1% | 7.4% | 7.5% |
| April | 4.7% | 6.3% | 6.5% |
| May | 4.1% | 5.4% | 5.5% |
| June | 3.6% | 4.9% | 5.2% |
| July | 3.7% | 4.7% | 5.0% |
| August | 3.7% | 4.7% | — |
| September | 3.5% | 4.9% | — |
| October | 3.7% | — | — |
| November | 4.3% | 5.6% | — |
| December | 5.2% | 6.4% | — |
5.0%
▲ 0.3 pts
vs. July 2025
186
unemployed of a 3,708 labor force
July 2026
Who earns the housing wage?
Out of 100 Eastern Oregon nonmetro workers, how many are paid enough to afford each unit size at 30% of income. Estimated from BLS wage percentiles.
30 of 100
3 bedroom
$31.73/hr · $1,650 rent
Hourly pay, all workers
10th$23.35
Median$47.67
90th
The biggest job groups pay the least
Each bubble is an occupation group: median hourly wage across, jobs up, size by jobs.
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations | $50.07/hr | 3,340 jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Management Occupations | $47.80/hr | 3,550 jobs |
| Architecture and Engineering Occupations | $43.50/hr | 480 jobs |
| Legal Occupations | $39.01/hr | 290 jobs |
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations | $38.64/hr | 1,670 jobs |
| Protective Service Occupations | $36.79/hr | 2,890 jobs |
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | $36.19/hr | 2,540 jobs |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | $30.35/hr | 1,810 jobs |
| Community and Social Service Occupations | $29.62/hr | 2,550 jobs |
| Construction and Extraction Occupations | $29.19/hr | 3,360 jobs |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | $28.68/hr | 3,550 jobs |
| Educational Instruction and Library Occupations | $26.74/hr | 5,420 jobs |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | $25.00/hr | 510 jobs |
| Production Occupations | $24.06/hr | 4,030 jobs |
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | $22.53/hr | 8,260 jobs |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | $20.97/hr | 8,160 jobs |
| Personal Care and Service Occupations | $20.00/hr | 1,730 jobs |
| Healthcare Support Occupations | $19.54/hr | 2,790 jobs |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations | $18.11/hr | 2,230 jobs |
| Sales and Related Occupations | $17.48/hr | 5,730 jobs |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations | $16.88/hr | 6,630 jobs |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations | $16.08/hr | 2,220 jobs |
What different jobs pay
Hourly pay range for each occupation group: 10th–90th percentile, middle half and median.
Pay compared with Oregon and the U.S.
Median hourly wage for all occupations, then each group’s Eastern Oregon nonmetro median against the statewide median, sorted by the gap.
- Eastern Oregon nonmetro$23.35
- Oregon$27.40
- United States$24.51
- Protective servicePays more by +29%
- ProductionPays more by +1%
- Personal care & serviceAbout the same: 0%
- Community & social serviceAbout the same: 0%
- Installation & repairPays less by −4%
- Transportation & movingPays less by −6%
- Food servicePays less by −7%
- Office & admin supportPays less by −7%
- Construction & extractionPays less by −8%
- Education & libraryPays less by −9%
- Farming, fishing & forestryPays less by −10%
- Cleaning & groundsPays less by −11%
- Business & financePays less by −11%
- LegalPays less by −12%
- Healthcare practitionersPays less by −12%
- Architecture & engineeringPays less by −13%
- SalesPays less by −13%
- Healthcare supportPays less by −14%
- Arts, media & sportsPays less by −19%
- ManagementPays less by −20%
- SciencePays less by −21%
- Computer & mathPays less by −27%
What sets local work apart?
Every occupation group’s share of local jobs compared with its U.S. share (location quotient). 2× means twice as common here; 0.5× means half as common.
Most concentrated here
Farming, fishing & forestry
10.8× the U.S. share
Least concentrated here
Architecture & engineering
0.4× the U.S. share
- Farming, fishing & forestry10.8×
- Science2.6×
- Community & social service2.0×
- Protective service1.6×
- Education & library1.3×
- Transportation & moving1.3×
- Installation & repair1.2×
- Personal care & service1.1×
- Construction & extraction1.1×
- Cleaning & grounds1.0×
- Food service1.0×
- Production1.0×
- Office & admin support1.0×
- Sales0.9×
- Healthcare support0.7×
- Healthcare practitioners0.7×
- Management0.7×
- Computer & math0.7×
- Arts, media & sports0.5×
- Business & finance0.5×
- Legal0.5×
- Architecture & engineering0.4×
Key takeaways
What this means for Wallowa County.
Wages are rising
The average weekly wage is $1,077, up 4.9% from a year ago.
The biggest job groups pay the least
Office & admin support, transportation & moving and food service are 31% of jobs; all have median pay under $23/hr.
Unemployment is rising
5.0% in July 2026, 0.3 points above a year earlier.
Sources: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (through July 2026) · BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (Q1 2026) · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025, Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, which covers 8 counties; BLS doesn’t publish occupational wages for single counties) · Census ACS 2024 · Range Lab RST listings. The housing wage follows the National Low Income Housing Coalition method: rent × 12 ÷ 0.30 ÷ 2,080 hours. About the data.