In Grant County, jobs in the architectural and engineering services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the architectural and engineering services industry had the highest average wages in Grant County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Grant County earned an annual wage of $33,838 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage in Oregon of $54,332 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $63,540.

Top-pay jobs in Grant County, Oregon can be found in logging ($30,106), specialized freight trucking ($29,547), building equipment contractors ($29,231) and offices of dentists ($25,370) 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.

Grant County Wages have increased by 17.9% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Grant County, Oregon by a total of 17.9%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Oregon and greater 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.

Grant County Industry Wages Lag Behind Oregon, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Grant County, Oregon when analyzed can be described as relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 36.6 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $36,156. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Grant County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Grant County

The Logging industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 16 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Logging industry makes up 41.2 percent of the growth in Grant County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (16 new jobs)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (9 new jobs)
3. Support activities for forestry (9 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (2 new jobs)
5. Religious organizations (2 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Grant County

Given the industries in the area, the Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 20 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Specialized freight trucking industry make up 23.9 percent of the total job loss in Grant County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (20 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (15 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (12 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (11 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (9 jobs lost)

In Grant County, Oregon, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 16 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 17 4-digit NAICS industries, 12 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 5 industries reported a drop in employment.

Grant County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 77.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oregon, where the industry reported a gain of 5 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Grant County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 0.2 percent in terms of employment in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (77.1 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (59.2 percent decline)
3. Legal services (52.5 percent decline)
4. Child day care services (25.4 percent decline)
5. Health and personal care stores (20.2 percent decline)

Grant County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 23.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Grant County has added employment slower than the industry job growth experienced in Oregon, where this industry saw a gain of 25.9 percent. The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry in Grant County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (23.0 percent gain)
2. Support activities for forestry (16.5 percent gain)
3. Logging (15.3 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (11.9 percent gain)
5. Religious organizations (5.3 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Oregon, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Grant County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Grant County

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 11 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry make up 29.1 percent of the total job loss in Grant County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (11 jobs lost)
2. Legal services (8 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (5 jobs lost)
4. Offices of dentists (3 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (3 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Grant County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Logging industry has grown the most with 9 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Logging industry makes up 42.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Grant County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (9 new jobs)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (4 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (3 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (3 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (17 new jobs)

From the 20 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 10 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 8 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Grant County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 6 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Grant County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 26.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Grant County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 2.5 percent. The Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Grant County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (26.7 percent gain)
2. Child day care services (25.7 percent gain)
3. Residential building construction (16.7 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (12.5 percent gain)
5. Logging (8.6 percent gain)

Grant County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 46.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Oregon, where the industry reported a gain of 2.4 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Grant County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.6 in percent of jobs in the Legal services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (46.3 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (26.7 percent decline)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (18.5 percent decline)
4. Architectural and engineering services (15.3 percent decline)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (14.8 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in the State of Oregon, which went through a gain of 3.7 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Grant County, Oregon

In Grant County, Oregon as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 15.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 4.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Grant County, Oregon has a moderately-educated population, with 15.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Grant has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Grant County, Oregon, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 36.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Grant on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 17.6 percent (Men) versus 14 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 37.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Grant County, Oregon

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Grant County, Oregon to be 45.4 years old. The median in Grant is greater than the median age in Oregon of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 41.9 years of age. With 21.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Grant can be understood as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 59.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 19.3 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Grant internationally. The migration from outside the US into Grant accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Oregon. This amount of international migration is medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

By measuring total land area, Grant spans a total area of 4529 square miles. This area has a very low density of 2 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Madison, MT (2 per sq. mile ), McKenzie, ND (2 per sq. mile ), Logan, ND (2 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Presidio, TX (2 per sq. mile ), Rich, UT (2 per sq. mile ), Kodiak Island, AK (2 per sq. mile ).

Grant County, Oregon has a population base that is comprised of 95.4 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 2.7 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 3.0 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Oregon percent of 14.9. Since 2000, Grant has increased in diversity when 2.4 percent of the people were minorities.

Grant County, Oregon had an estimated population of 7,297 in the year 2005. The population has decreased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 7,901. The decline denotes a decrease of -7.6 percent. Grant ranks 35 of 36 counties when calculating total change in population for Oregon and the county ranks 2,828 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

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

Housing Report for Grant County, Oregon

Grant County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $79,700, reported by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall State of Oregon 2000 median home value of $152,100 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

Throughout the State of Oregon, Grant County stands 24 of 36 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,714 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Grant County, Oregon. In 2000, 81.1 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

In Grant County, there were a total of 4,161 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 95 homes since 2001, or 2.3 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Grant County is ranked at 32 of 37 Counties throughout the State of Oregon according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 31 of 37 Counties.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Grant County, with the industry averaging 27 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the State of Oregon average establishment size of 34 for the Manufacturing industry.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Grant County, with an industry growth of 183.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.7 percent. The State of Oregon underwent a employment change in the industry of 5.6 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

In Grant County, Retail Trade, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and the Manufacturing sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 16 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 260 jobs. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Manufacturing industries make up 14.9 and 14.9 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Grant County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Utilities and Construction industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 14.2. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 14.2 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Grant specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.







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