As state policies promote, and parents demand, high-quality child care, states must better understand both the strengths and needs of its early care and education workforce. In 2016, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment launched its biennial Early Childhood Workforce Index to describe the early childhood workforce conditions and policies in states. The Early Childhood Workforce Index identifies several strengths for Oregon's workforce policies, including legislation to support wage parity for preschool teachers with kindergarten teachers to increase wages in recent years. The state also has a strong data infrastructure, with a comprehensive process for collecting workforce data that includes information on staff wages and produces publicly available workforce reports. This case study tells the story behind Oregon's recent workforce data developments and describes the different ways they are using their workforce data to strengthen their early care and education workforce.