In Lane 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 reported the top wages in Lane County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Lane County received an annual wage of $82,385 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the average industry wage in the State of Oregon of $100,469 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $138,150.

Top-pay jobs in Lane County, Oregon exsists in power generation and supply ($67,594), offices of physicians ($66,534), plastics product manufacturing ($65,174) and turbine and power transmission equipment mfg. ($64,824) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail 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.

Lane County Wages have increased by 16.1% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Lane County, Oregon by a total of 16.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Oregon and greater than the growth in industry wages across 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.

Lane 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 Lane County, Oregon can be described as relatively high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 12.7 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,156. The average industry wage was less than the national industry average 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.

Lane County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lane County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,538 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 11.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Lane County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,538 new jobs)
2. Department stores (725 new jobs)
3. Other motor vehicle dealers (519 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (473 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (456 new jobs)

In Lane County, Oregon, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 9,304 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

From the 188 4-digit NAICS industries, 75 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 113 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lane County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Vocational rehabilitation services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 405 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Vocational rehabilitation services industry make up 7.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lane County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vocational rehabilitation services (405 jobs lost)
2. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (376 jobs lost)
3. Other professional and technical services (277 jobs lost)
4. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (270 jobs lost)
5. Printing and related support activities (251 jobs lost)

The total number of jobs has increased by 8 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Lane County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 89.1 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oregon, where the industry felt a loss of 30.4 percent. The losses in the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry in Lane County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 11.5 percent in terms of employment in the Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (89.1 percent decline)
2. Glass and glass product manufacturing (89 percent decline)
3. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (67.7 percent decline)
4. Other residential care facilities (58.6 percent decline)
5. ISPs and web search portals (54.5 percent decline)

Lane County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Data processing and related services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 327.7 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Lane County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Oregon, where this industry saw a gain of 30.9 percent. The Data processing and related services industry in Lane County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 16.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Data processing and related services (327.7 percent gain)
2. Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (193.9 percent gain)
3. Other motor vehicle dealers (193.8 percent gain)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (181.2 percent gain)
5. Other textile product mills (165.0 percent gain)





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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.

Lane County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Lane County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 43.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 7.3 percent. The losses in the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry in Lane County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.9 percent in terms of employees in the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (43.3 percent decline)
2. Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing (36.4 percent decline)
3. Other heavy construction (33.3 percent decline)
4. Textile furnishings mills (29.5 percent decline)
5. Rubber product manufacturing (27.8 percent decline)

Lane County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 205.8 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Lane County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where the industry took a gain of 10.9 percent. The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry in Lane County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (205.8 percent gain)
2. Rooming and boarding houses (108.8 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (78.1 percent gain)
4. Nonscheduled air transportation (59.6 percent gain)
5. Local messengers and local delivery (55.4 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 3.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in Oregon, which went through a gain of 3.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lane County

Given the industries in the area, the Business support services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 146 jobs. The declines in the Business support services industry make up 7.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lane County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (146 jobs lost)
2. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (121 jobs lost)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (109 jobs lost)
4. Other motor vehicle dealers (107 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (88 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lane County

The Department stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 332 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Department stores industry makes up 5.9 percent of the total growth in Lane County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (332 new jobs)
2. Employment services (296 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (269 new jobs)
4. Travel arrangement and reservation services (261 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (247 new jobs)

In Lane County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 4,160 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 194 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 67 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 126 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.





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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.

Income and Poverty in Lane County, Oregon

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Lane County, Oregon can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.4 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 31.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Lane County, accounting 21 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $37,290, representing a 13.7 percent decline. Lane County, Oregon, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 1 of 14 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Oregon. Lane County ranks 77 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median household income in the United States.

The poverty rate in Lane County, Oregon has increased by 1.7 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 14.4 percent to 16.1 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Lane County was reported to have a medium-high household income of $43,222 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 10.8 percent lower than the median in State of Oregon of $47,872 and this is 13.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Lane County, Oregon, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 40 percent since 2000. The Black or African American population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Lane County, encountering a 33.1 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $21,065. This household income level is 51.3 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 17.3 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $35,742. In Lane County, Oregon White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,109 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Lane County had a median income of $37,575, this was 13.1 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic headed households in Lane County, Oregon , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $34,917, this median is 19.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

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

Higher Education in Lane County, Oregon

In Lane County, Oregon as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 25.6 percent of the White Alone, 29.2 percent of Black or African American, 49.4 percent of the Asian alone and 15.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000, Lane has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 2.4 percent to a total of 28 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the 2005 State of Oregon percent of 27.8 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Lane County, Oregon, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Lane on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 27 percent (Men) versus 24.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 37.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 28.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 3.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 27.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Lane County, Oregon is made up of a highly-educated population, with 25.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Lane counted a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Oregon's proportion of 25 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Lane County, Oregon

By measuring total land area, Lane encompasses a total area of 4554 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 74 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Dyer, TN (74 per sq. mile ), Starke, IN (74 per sq. mile ), Cass, ND (74 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Franklin, TN (74 per sq. mile ), Pike, GA (74 per sq. mile ), Santa Fe, NM (74 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Lane County, Oregon to be 37.3 years old. The median in Lane is greater than the median age in the State of Oregon of 37.0. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 36.6 years of age. With 21 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Lane can be described as having a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 65.1 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 13.9 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Lane County, Oregon had a population that was estimated at 335,180 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 323,431. This growth signifies an increase of 3.6 percent. Lane ranks 6 of 36 counties when calculating total change in population for Oregon and the county ranks 289 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Lane County, Oregon has a population that is comprised of 87.2 percent White, 0.8 percent African American, 2.5 percent Asian, and 5.6 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 8.9 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Oregon percent of 14.9. Since 2000, Lane has increased the percent of minority population when 7.3 percent of the people were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a high amount of people migrated to Lane from another country. The international migration into Lane makes up 5.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Oregon. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

Housing Report for Lane County, Oregon

Lane County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $173,600, according to the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall Oregon 2005 home median value of $201,200 and greater than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

In the State of Oregon, Lane County is positioned 17 of 36 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,120 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

In Lane County, the real estate market was made up of 145,876 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a total of 5,359 residential structures since 2001, a change of 3.8 percent.

It can be understood that there is a limited amount of housing that is affordable in Lane County, Oregon. In 2005, 19.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Lane County has a relatively high proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 5 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

The residential real estate values in Lane County, Oregon have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $32,600, or 23.1 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $141,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau