Employment

Asante Health System has concluded a 3% workforce reduction

February 24, 2024

Citing unsustainable financial losses over the past two fiscal years, Asante Health System has concluded a 3% workforce reduction across its regional hospitals and clinics as of Friday. This decision impacts more than 6,000 employees across Medford, Grants Pass, and Ashland. The memo to employees also mentions that other expense reductions have occurred without specifying details. Asante provides medical care for approximately 600,000 people in…

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Dutch Bros moving 40% of corporate jobs out of Grants Pass

February 24, 2024

Dutch Bros to move 40% of corporate jobs out of Grants Pass and send them to the new corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona by January 1,2025. Years ago we worked hard to get the internet infrastructure here so that innovative companies like Musicians Friend and Motorcycle USA as well as…

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Six Years After OregonSaves Launch, Workers Have Saved More than $200 Million for Retirement

December 14, 2023

The Oregon Retirement Savings Board and State Treasurer Tobias Read today announced that OregonSaves, the state’s auto-enrollment retirement savings program, has reached a significant milestone—$200 million saved for retirement. The occasion coincides with the rollout of the program to Oregon’s smallest businesses. Launched in July 2017, OregonSaves became the nation’s first state-based effort to address the retirement savings…

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A Snapshot of Oregon Firms by Size Class, 2023

November 19, 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, Oregon had nearly 165,000 private firms that were subject to paying unemployment insurance taxes. About 114,500 of these firms had at least one payroll employee in March. More than 19 out of 20 firms (or 96%) with workers on their payrolls had less than…

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Oregon’s Nonprofits in 2022

November 19, 2023

A not-for-profit corporation, commonly referred to as a “nonprofit,” is organized to achieve a purpose other than to generate a profit. These entities qualify for federal tax exempt status and must reinvest any surplus revenues into efforts that further the mission of the organization. They are prohibited from passing profits…

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2023 Oregon Wage Information

September 12, 2023

Understanding how your take home pay compares with others in your field, or someone in a different career, is vitally important. It can inform you about how your work is being valued, and whether you may want to pursue more lucrative career options in the future. Likewise, hiring employers benefit…

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New Report Details – Paid Family, Medical, and Safe Leave Impacts in Oregon

August 13, 2023

The following is a summary of findings from our latest report. For more details, read the full report, or get the top takeaways from the report in the podcast. Paid Leave Oregon will provide paid leave time for parents bonding with new children, serious health conditions experienced by workers or their families, or…

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Oregon’s Leisure and Hospitality Industry

August 13, 2023

Leisure and hospitality businesses employed 198,200 workers on average in 2022, up from 162,200 workers in 2020. Of those, roughly one out of nine jobs were in accommodations, slightly less than in arts, entertainment, and recreation where about one in eight leisure and hospitality industry jobs were. About three-fourths of…

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Rogue Valley Travel Impacts 2022

July 16, 2023

Preliminary data for 2022 from a Dean Runyan Associates study for the Oregon Tourism Commission shows that total direct travel spending in Oregon rose 23.2% in 2022 compared with the 2021 figure. Travel spending rose from $11.0 billion in 2021 to $13.9 billion in 2022 and was $1.1 billion above…

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Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.7% in May

July 16, 2023

Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in May, down from 4.0% in April. This was the fourthconsecutive monthly drop in the unemployment rate, down from a recent high of 4.8% in January. TheMay rate was similar to rates in February through May 2022, when it ranged from 3.5% to 3.7%.Oregon’s…

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10-Year Occupational Projections for STEM Jobs

June 10, 2023

Twenty-three percent of jobs in Oregon fall into the STEM category (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). You can view the relationship between employment and wages of STEM occupations with the career explorer tool on QualityInfo.org. Chances are, you have heard the term STEM, but exactly what is a STEM job? Several definitions…

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A Closer Look at Oregon’s Median Household Income

June 10, 2023

Oregon’s median household income reached $81,149 in 2021, which is higher than the U.S. median household income of $70,985. Median household income is an important reflection of economic well-being that’s based on the multiple income streams of people who live together. It can be used to compare the income of…

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