A table showing the average change in prices over time for a fixed market basket of goods and services. The table shows the CPI for the U.S. and for the Portland-Salem PMSA. The U.S. figures are available on a monthly basis and the Portland-Salem figures are available on a semi-annual basis.

Presents a variety of data elements the Oregon Employment Department gathers in the course of taking requests for workers from employers.

The number of people working more than one job fell during the second quarter of 2007.

The headline Consumer Price Index is always in the news, but did you know the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces many different measures of inflation?

Bursting bubbles and employment gyrations have characterized the last ten years. How have wages been affected?

This indicator shows wage gains have been smaller during the recession than they were previously.

Many economic indicators measure wages and income to gauge the relative prosperity of Oregon's individuals and households.

With so many of the state's residents living in metro areas, trends in rural parts of the state can be difficult to tease out of headline numbers.

Average wages don't shed much light on the distribution of workers' pay. This analysis looks below the surface.

This index for Oregon has fallen nearly a quarter since peaking in late 2007, the second largest decline among states.

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. 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. The full publication, <a href="http://www.olmis.org/olmisj/PubReader?itemid=00000053"> Oregon Wage Information 2008</a>, can be viewed online.

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.

While Oregon's per capita income reached an all-time high in 2007, its growth has been slow.

Women's participation stabilizes, earnings grow, but disparities still exist.

Many people looking for work are considering careers in healthcare.

Earnings vary among major racial and ethnic groups.

Local Employment Dynamics (LED) data shows which industries are hiring older workers.

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 <a href="http://olmis.emp.state.or.us/pubs/wage/wage.pdf">UI Wage File Reports</a>. <p>Quarterly wage tables are available below. For annual tables, click <a href="http://www.olmis.org/olmisj/PubReader?itemid=00006690">here</a>.

Oregon's in the middle of the pack in terms of wage disparity across the nation.

Workers with a single job tend to earn more each quarter than those with multiple jobs.

<I>Covered Employment and Wages</I> is an annual publication (272 pages) that summarizes employment and payroll statistics of firms participating in the Unemployment Insurance program. It contains an analysis of covered employment and payroll trends.

This article explores how the purchasing power of wages earned by Oregon workers has kept up over time.

Wages, occupational structure vary significantly between Oregon's public, private sectors.

Which industries in the state have high shares of high-wage workers? Read on for these details as well as an analysis of high-wage workers over time.

Pay gap of more than $10,000 widens in nearly every major industry in Oregon.

Oregon's quarterly wage file can give valuable information on the workforce covered by unemployment insurance. Read on to find out which industries have been growing recently, and over the past few years.

Oregon's – fourth highest nationwide – will get 45-cent hike to $8.40 per hour.

When it comes to measuring economic activity, GDP is often cited as the measure. Experimental GDP figures are now available for metro areas throughout the country. This article describes the measure, as well as some issues with calculating GDP at the metro level.

Have Oregonians made wage gains over the last 30 years? It depends.

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.

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.

Many workers use low-wage jobs as career stepping stones while others stay in them.

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.

The Family Budget Calculator lets you determine the income needed for particular types of families to make ends meet.

The Office of Economic Analysis serves as the main forecasting unit for the State of Oregon.

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Create graphic trend analysis of local economic indicators, generate shift-share analysis of local employment growth, and download tabulations of economic data for Pacific Northwest regions and counties.

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.

Thinking of relocating to another city? This Salary Relocation Calculator can help you determine the difference in cost of living between cities.

The BEA produces a wide variety of economic data, including personal income data for the U.S., all states and counties.

Current federal pay ranges are available from the Federal Employees News Digest.

How fast are your dollars shrinking?

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.

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.