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Oregon’s Per Capita Income: A Penny for Your Troubles?
The gap between Oregon’s and the nation’s per capita income levels has widened over the last decade.
Jul-21-2010
Current Statistics
Resources
 Find out how much the value of the dollar has changed over time. The Consumer Price Index Calculator allows you to enter a dollar amount, then find out how its purchasing power has changed over a time period of your specification.
Here is your one-stop source for a wide variety of occupational information. Wages, employment projections, employment by industry, skill sets, educational requirements, and training providers are all accessible from one convenient location.
Wages are quoted as an hourly, weekly, monthly, or yearly amount. Frequently employers and workers want to know what a wage is in a different time frame. The Wage and Salary Conversion Calculator will allow you to enter a wage and a time period and the wage will be converted to the amount for the other three time frames.
Thinking of relocating to another city? This Salary Relocation Calculator can help you determine the difference in cost of living between cities.
Helpful Links
Information that used to be available only once every ten years will soon be available each year from the Census Bureau. This site has demographic and income data for several pilot counties across the country, including Multnomah County in Oregon.
The BEA produces a wide variety of economic data, including personal income data for the U.S., all states and counties.
The Wage and Hour Division enforces laws covering state minimum wage and overtime requirements, working conditions, child labor, farm and forest labor contracting, wage collection, and prevailing wages for public works contracts.
The Family Budget Calculator lets you determine the income needed for particular types of families to make ends meet.
Current federal pay ranges are available from the Federal Employees News Digest.
Create graphic trend analysis of local economic indicators, generate shift-share analysis of local employment growth, and download tabulations of economic data for Oregon regions and counties.
The Office of Economic Analysis serves as the main forecasting unit for the State of Oregon.
 Articles
GDP Estimates for Metro Areas
When it comes to measuring economic activity, GDP is often cited as the measure.
Aug-24-2010
Rise in Hours Portends Job Gains
Oregon average weekly hours are on the increase – a sign of job gains to come.
Aug-24-2010
Wages of New Hires in Oregon’s Healthiest Industry
Many people looking for work are considering careers in healthcare.
Aug-11-2010
Consumer Price Index: Several Factors Drive Price Changes During Recession
Recently, some groups of goods and services have seen price increases, some decreases, and some prices have stagnated.
Mar-23-2010
Will You Still Hire Me, When I’m 65?
Local Employment Dynamics (LED) data shows which industries are hiring older workers.
Jul-08-2010
Women’s Earnings Vary Widely by State, Industry, and Occupation
Oregon's in the middle of the pack in terms of wage disparity across the nation.
May-26-2010
More "Articles"
Publications
Covered Employment & Wages
Employment and wage data by industry for those workers covered by unemployment insurance (274 pages). Search for employer-reported employment and wage data at the Covered Employment and Wages Data Center.
Nov-19-2009
Oregon Wage Information 2010
The 2010 edition of Oregon Wage Information provides wage data for hundreds of occupations (198 pages). It offers a broad spectrum of wage rates from many sectors of Oregon's economy, and is designed to assist job seekers, employers, career planners, industrial developers, and others needing Oregon wage rates for specific occupations.
Click here
for a list of frequently asked questions about Oregon wage information data.
May-17-2010
Regional Wage Information Tables
What are the average wages for auto mechanics? What are beginning wages for accounting clerks? What are the going wages for experienced cooks? These tables provide answers to questions like these for occupational wages for the state and each region of Oregon.
May-13-2010
Consumer Price Index
This data table shows year-to-date CPI data for the U.S. and Portland, plus annual average data back to 1970.
Aug-13-2010
Oregon Per Capita Personal Income 1969-2009
These tables contain per capita personal income data compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for the U.S., Oregon, and each labor market area.
May-13-2010
Job Openings Summary Report
Presents a variety of data elements the Oregon Employment Department gathers in the course of taking requests for workers from employers.
Jul-07-2010
Oregonians @ Work
Wage Tables
A new set of tables provides a wide range of information related to Oregon's workforce. The tables provide data regarding the degree of churning in the state's workforce as well as wage distributions for the state's firms and employees. For more information regarding these tables, see UI Wage File Reports.
Oct-01-2009
Oregonians @ Work: Worker Reallocation
One-third of all workers attached to Oregon's labor force experienced
some sort of transition between the second quarters of 2004 and 2005.
The degree of worker reallocation varied considerably by industry,
likely due to industry, firm, and worker characteristics.
Nov-09-2006
Oregonians @ Work: Oregon's Low-Wage Workers
Many workers use low-wage jobs as career stepping stones while others stay in them.
Oct-18-2005
Oregonians @ Work: Growing Number of Older Workers
As the baby boom generation nears retirement, many are concerned with losing valuable older workers from the workforce. This report considers the number of older workers in Oregon's workforce and which industries are most at risk of losing older workers.
Oct-08-2004
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