Bend One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Bend Metro Area

The Residential building construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 370 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 6.6 percent of the total employment growth in Bend.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (370 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (296 new jobs)
3. Aerospace product and parts manufacturing (287 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (263 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (262 new jobs)

Of the 156 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 35 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 120 industries reported a drop in employment.

In the Bend, OR metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 5,010 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Bend Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Wireless telecommunications carriers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 68 jobs. The declines in the Wireless telecommunications carriers industry make up 13.0 percent of the total job loss in Bend, OR.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wireless telecommunications carriers (68 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (58 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (53 jobs lost)
4. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (50 jobs lost)
5. Other electrical equipment and component mfg. (35 jobs lost)

The Bend Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 181.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Bend has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oregon, where it saw a gain of 52.6 percent. The Unclassified industry in Bend outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (181.8 percent gain)
2. Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers (148.0 percent gain)
3. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (86.2 percent gain)
4. Shoe stores (73.6 percent gain)
5. Other ground passenger transportation (70.6 percent gain)

The Bend Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 58.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oregon, where the industry felt a loss of 3.7 percent. The losses in the Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers industry in Bend outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 1.2 percent in terms of employment in the Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (58.2 percent decline)
2. Specialized design services (38.7 percent decline)
3. Other crop farming (35.1 percent decline)
4. Other electrical equipment and component mfg. (26.6 percent decline)
5. Independent artists, writers, and performers (22.7 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 9.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Oregon, which saw a gain of 3.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Bend, OR

Compared to other MSAs throughout the nation, the Bend metro area accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $46,806 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.3 percent lower than the median in Oregon of $47,872 and this is 5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in the Bend, OR Metro has declined by 7.7 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 14.2 percent to 6.5 percent.

In Bend, OR White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $47,556 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 7.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $43,326. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $36,406. This median income level is 22.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic in Bend, OR , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $36,192, this median household income is 22.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Bend reported a median household income of $37,318, this level was 20.3 percent less than the median for all households.

As the median income level saw a growth during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Bend, OR metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in household income was the Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an of . percent from 2000 to 2005. The Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Bend, encountering a . percent in household income level, since the year 2005.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Bend metro area may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 14.2 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 29.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Bend, having 21.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The household income has increased from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has increased to $49,163, which represents a 5 percent growth. The Bend, OR MSA, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 4 of 5 metro area in percent of growth for median household income in the State of Oregon. Bend ranks 171 of 233 metro area when analyzing the growth in household income across the nation.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.