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Women’s Earnings Vary Widely by State, Industry, and Occupation
Oregon's in the middle of the pack in terms of wage disparity across the nation.
Dec-18-2008
Current Statistics
Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers

U.S. City Average
December 2008December 2007% Change
210.228210.0360.1 %
Portland-Vancouver
1st Half 20081st Half 2007% Change
214.6206.73.9 %
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) Calculator
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.
Occupational Information Center
Here is your one-stop source for a wide variety of occupational information. Wages, employment projections, employment by industry, skill sets, educational requirements, and training providers are all accessible from one convenient location.
Enter an occupation:
Wage and Salary Conversion Calculator
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.
Salary Relocation Calculator
[homefair.com]
Thinking of relocating to another city? This Salary Relocation Calculator can help you determine the difference in cost of living between cities.
Helpful Links
American Community Survey
[census.gov]
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.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
[bea.gov]
The BEA produces a wide variety of economic data, including personal income data for the U.S., all states and counties.
Bureau of Labor and Industries - Wage & Hour Divison
[oregon.gov]
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.
Family Budget Calculator
[epinet.org]
The Family Budget Calculator lets you determine the income needed for particular types of families to make ends meet.
Federal Wage Scales
[clubfed.com]
Current federal pay ranges are available from the Federal Employees News Digest.
Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Analysis Project
[pnreap.org]
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.
Office of Economic Analysis
[oregon.gov]
The Office of Economic Analysis serves as the main forecasting unit for the State of Oregon.
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Do Hispanic and Latina Women Experience Disparities in Oregon Job Markets?
Earnings vary among major racial and ethnic groups.
Jan-30-2009
Wages Lower for Multiple Job Holders
Workers with a single job tend to earn more each quarter than those with multiple jobs.
Dec-18-2008
Will You Still Hire Me, When I’m 65?
Local Employment Dynamics (LED) data shows which industries are hiring older workers.
Jan-30-2009
Do Wage Records Show Real Wage Gains or Losses Since 2000?
This article explores how the purchasing power of wages earned by Oregon workers has kept up over time.
Nov-24-2008
Occupation Mix Affects Public – Private Wage Disparity
Wages, occupational structure vary significantly between Oregon's public, private sectors.
Nov-19-2008
Oregon’s High-Wage Workers
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.
Oct-24-2008
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Oregon Wage Information 2008
The 2008 edition of Oregon Wage Information provides wage data for hundreds of occupations (190 pages). It offers a broad spectrum of wage rates from many sectors of Oregon's economy, and is designed to assist job seekers, employers, career planners, industrial developers, and others needing Oregon wage rates for specific occupations.

Click here for a list of frequently asked questions about Oregon wage information data.

May-16-2008
Regional Wage Information Tables
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.
May-13-2008
Consumer Price Index
This data table shows year-to-date CPI data for the U.S. and Portland, plus annual average data back to 1970.
Jan-16-2009
Covered Employment & Wages
Employment and wage data by industry for those workers covered by unemployment insurance (272 pages). Search for employer-reported employment and wage data at the Covered Employment and Wages Data Center.
Dec-04-2008
Oregon Per Capita Personal Income 1969-2007
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.
May-16-2008
Job Openings Summary Report
Presents a variety of data elements the Oregon Employment Department gathers in the course of taking requests for workers from employers.
Jan-06-2009
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Quarterly Wage Tables
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 UI Wage File Reports.
Apr-01-2008
Oregonians @ Work: Worker Reallocation
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.
Nov-09-2006
Oregonians @ Work: Oregon's Low-Wage Workers
Many workers use low-wage jobs as career stepping stones while others stay in them.
Oct-18-2005
Oregonians @ Work: Growing Number of Older Workers
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.
Oct-08-2004