Oregon medical jobs and education jobs were the only industry that added jobs over the year.

During January, Oregon's unemployment rate increased from 10.6 percent to 10.7 percent, following a decrease from 10.7 percent during December. The increase places the state's rate one point higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.

Oregon had a total non-farm employment of 1,591,600 workers during January, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,590,500 workers during December, but a 4.1 percent decrease from last year.

Five industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment, including: trade, transportation and utilities by 1,300 jobs; financial activities by 600 jobs; professional and business services by 1,400 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 200 jobs; and government by 800 jobs.

Employment in the education and health services industry remained even over the month with 224,400 workers. That industry also was the only industry that saw a yearly growth in employment, increasing 1.1 percent from January 2009.

The construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. The industry employed 66,400 workers during January, down from 68,000 workers during December and a 19.3 percent decrease from January 2009.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:

• mining and logging by 11.7 percent
• manufacturing by 9.6 percent
• trade, transportation and utilities by 3.1 percent
• information by 2.4 percent
• financial activities by 3 percent
• professional and business services by 7.3 percent
• leisure and hospitality by 2.5 percent
• other services by 4.2 percent
• government by .5 percent