4. Net Job Growth
Categories
Links
2007 Competitive Index
http://www.oregonbusinessplan.org/pdf/2007%20Competitive%20Index.pdf
The Competitive Index is a joint project of the Oregon Business Plan and the Oregon Progress Board.
2008 Innovation Index
http://www.oregoninc.org/2008IndexW.pdf
An annual update of economic indicators.
Covered Employment and Wages
http://olmis.emp.state.or.us/olmisj/CEP
The Covered Employment and Wages tool provides data on total and industry-specific employment, wages, and number of business establishments in Oregon and its 36 counties from 2001 forward. It is the source of the data for this benchmark.
Current Employment by Industry
http://olmis.emp.state.or.us/olmisj/CES
Industry employment information from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program provides one of the best measures of state and local economic trends. This site provides monthly employment data for Oregon and its many local labor market areas since at least 2004.
Net Job Growth analysis - 2005 data
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/docs/OldBenchmarks/2008/Bm4_asof9-03-08.pdf
This is the benchmark analysis from data ending in 2005.
Who Finds Jobs?
http://www.oregon.gov/PRISM/docs/resultstrends_2007-03.pdf
Prism - Oregon Workforce Investment Board publication from August 2007. This publication examines who finds jobs served by the workforce system.