In Clackamas County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Employment in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry paid the average highest wages in Clackamas County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Clackamas County was paid an annual wage of $117,927 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry pay the State of Oregon of $100,469 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $138,150.

High-wage employment in Clackamas County, Oregon may be found in machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($86,380), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($78,252), electric goods merchant wholesalers ($78,043) and software publishers ($77,975) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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

Clackamas County Wages have increased by 15.9% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Clackamas County, Oregon by a total of 15.9%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Oregon and less than the growth in average wages for the US.

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

Clackamas County Industry Wages Exceed Oregon, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Clackamas County, Oregon can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 5.3 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $36,156. The industry pay was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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

Clackamas County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Clackamas County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Industrial machinery manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 62 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oregon, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 12.2 percent. The losses in the Industrial machinery manufacturing industry in Clackamas County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 19.7 in percent of jobs in the Industrial machinery manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Industrial machinery manufacturing (62 percent decline)
2. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (61.9 percent decline)
3. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (51.7 percent decline)
4. Taxi and limousine service (49.6 percent decline)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (47.4 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 9.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Clackamas County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Support activities for road transportation industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 533.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Clackamas County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 33.2 percent. The Support activities for road transportation industry in Clackamas County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 18.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for road transportation (533.8 percent gain)
2. Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. (288.9 percent gain)
3. Electronic instrument manufacturing (222.1 percent gain)
4. Special food services (192.0 percent gain)
5. Other food manufacturing (186.8 percent gain)

From the 176 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 66 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 110 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Clackamas County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 11,672 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clackamas County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,307 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 7.2 percent of the growth in Clackamas County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (1,307 new jobs)
2. Community care facilities for the elderly (985 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (880 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (846 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (760 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clackamas County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 584 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Employment services industry make up 7.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Clackamas County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (584 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (533 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (483 jobs lost)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (475 jobs lost)
5. Industrial machinery manufacturing (404 jobs lost)





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

Clackamas County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Clackamas County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic instrument manufacturing industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 246.3 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Clackamas County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Oregon, where this industry saw a gain of 6 percent. The Electronic instrument manufacturing industry in Clackamas County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic instrument manufacturing (246.3 percent gain)
2. Support activities for crop production (68.9 percent gain)
3. Other animal production (50.0 percent gain)
4. Other heavy construction (47.0 percent gain)
5. Unclassified (35.6 percent gain)

Clackamas County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Water, sewage and other systems industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 39.7 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 6 percent. The losses in the Water, sewage and other systems industry in Clackamas County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.1 percent in terms of employment in the Water, sewage and other systems industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Water, sewage and other systems (39.7 percent decline)
2. Direct selling establishments (29.9 percent decline)
3. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (29 percent decline)
4. Local messengers and local delivery (27.9 percent decline)
5. Logging (27.5 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 3.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in Oregon, which experienced a gain of 3.7 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Clackamas County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building finishing contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 405 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 6.6 percent of the growth in Clackamas County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (405 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (290 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (264 new jobs)
4. Electronic instrument manufacturing (252 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (199 new jobs)

In Clackamas County, Oregon, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 4,000 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 184 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 63 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 120 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Clackamas County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 152 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 8.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Clackamas County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (152 jobs lost)
2. Lessors of real estate (134 jobs lost)
3. Fruit and tree nut farming (108 jobs lost)
4. Personal care services (76 jobs lost)
5. Activities related to real estate (72 jobs lost)





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

Higher Education in Clackamas County, Oregon

In Clackamas County, Oregon as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 28.4 percent of the White Alone, 27.4 percent of Black or African American, 46.4 percent of the Asian alone and 14.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 32.2 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 5.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 31 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Clackamas County, Oregon, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35 percent achieving this level. The female population in Clackamas on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 31 percent (Men) versus 26 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

From the year 2000, Clackamas has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.2 percent to a total of 31.6 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Oregon percent of 27.8 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

Clackamas County, Oregon can be considered to have a highly-educated 2000 population, with 28.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Clackamas counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County, Oregon had a population of 368,470 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 339,657. This growth signifies an increase of 8.5 percent. Clackamas ranks 2 of 36 counties when calculating total change in population for Oregon and the county ranks 113 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Clackamas County, Oregon to be 38.4 years of age. The median age in Clackamas is greater than the median age in the State of Oregon of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 37.5 years old. With a total of 23.6 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Clackamas can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 64.7 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11.7 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Clackamas County, Oregon has a population base that is comprised of 86.6 percent White, 0.8 percent African American, 3.2 percent Asian, and 6.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 10.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Oregon percent of 14.9. Since 2000, Clackamas has increased in diversity when 8.1 percent of the population were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Clackamas from another country. The international migration into Clackamas makes up 7.2 percent of immigration into the State of Oregon. This level of international migration can be considered high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

When measuring the total land area, Clackamas covers a total land area of 1868 square miles. The county has a medium-low population density of 197 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Minnehaha, SD (198 per sq. mile ), Onslow, NC (199 per sq. mile ), Horry, SC (200 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Calhoun, MI (196 per sq. mile ), Dorchester, SC (196 per sq. mile ), Salem, NJ (196 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Clackamas County, Oregon

The owner-occupied dwellings in Clackamas County, Oregon have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $60,000, or 30.2 percent, since their values in that year of $199,000.

Clackamas County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $259,000, according to the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the State of Oregon 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $201,200 and greater than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Clackamas County, the real estate market was made up of 146,886 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding in all 7,156 residential structures since 2001, a change of 5.1 percent.

Clackamas County is made up of a relatively high proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 14.3 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

The State of Oregon, Clackamas County is positioned 14 of 36 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 823 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

According to the data, there is a limited amount affordable residential real estate in Clackamas County, Oregon. In 2005, 7.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Clackamas County, Oregon -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Retail Trade between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Clackamas County. The sector dealt with a loss of 458 jobs during the period, or 2.6 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 36.5 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In Clackamas County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Wholesale trade and Construction industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 3.52. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 3.52 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Clackamas County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

In Clackamas County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 14.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 17,998 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 13.6 and 11.2 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Clackamas County. In the County, the industry averages 29 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Oregon average of 34 for the Manufacturing industry.

Management of companies and enterprises saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Clackamas County, with an industry growth of 118.1 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 1.6 percent. The State of Oregon went through a industry job change of 4.1 percent, during the period.







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