Employment
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation in the U.S.
Employer’s total costs for employee compensation include wage and salary earnings, along with multiple categories of benefits. In June 2020, total compensation averaged $38.20 per hour worked among civilian workers in the U.S. Wages and salaries amounted to $26.17 per hour, while benefits totaled $12.04. Wages and salaries accounted for…
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Disparate Impact: COVID-19 Job Losses by Sector and Gender in Oregon
Every recession is unique, with varying impacts on workers in different parts of the economy. The dot com recession in 2001 hit high-tech harder than other sectors. Construction bore the hardest brunt of job losses during the Great Recession. The COVID-19 recession, now in its eighth month, is showing its…
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July 2020 Employment and Unemployment in Oregon’s Counties
by Press Release State or Oregon Employment Department In July 2020, 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties experienced over-the-month decreases in their unemployment rates. In 19 counties, unemployment rates dropped by 1 percentage point or more. Clatsop County experienced the largest over-the-month decrease at 2.6 percentage points. Counties with the smallest percentage…
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Oregon Jobs Recovery Slows in July
by Anna Johnson, Senior Economic Analyst, for Employment in Oregon Oregon’s total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 20,500 jobs in July, following a gain of 57,000 jobs in June. Over the past three months, employers added back 38 percent of the jobs that were cut in March and April. Over-the-month job gains in July…
Read MoreWho Can’t Work From Home During a Global Pandemic?
by Brandon SchraderWorkforce AnalystOREGON EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT COVID-19 rapidly spread across the United States and forced a patchwork of shutdowns that reduced business activity in order to save lives. Oregon is no exception as the “Stay Home, Save Lives” executive order was put into effect on March 23rd which enforced social distancing rules.…
Read MoreMinimum Wage Rises on July 1, Reaching $11.50 per Hour at the South Coast
by Guy TauerRegional EconomistCoos, Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties We do have estimates of minimum wage jobs by industry and county for Oregon. A few notes of caution. These are estimates, not exact counts. The methodology might overstate the number of jobs in the lower-wage ranges in metro-area counties, or understate…
Read MoreMinimum Wage Rises on July 1, Reaching $12.00 per Hour in the Rogue Valley
by Guy TauerRegional EconomistCoos, Curry, Jackson, and Josephine counties In the third quarter of 2019, the Oregon Employment Department estimates there were about 9,144 payroll jobs that paid minimum wage in the Rogue Valley, at the time $11.25 per hour. As of July 1, 2020, that minimum hourly rate in the…
Read More2020 Oregon Wage Data
by Jason Payton, Occupational EconomistOregon Employment Department How do we know the worth of our work? How do we know we are paying employees a competitive wage? The only way to know is to get a snapshot of what other workers are getting paid for doing similar work. If you don’t…
Read MoreLane County Lost More Jobs than the State in Recent Recessions
by Henry Fields, Workforce Analyst, for Employment in Oregon During the Great Recession, employment dropped more and took longer to recover in Lane County than in the state as a whole. Part of that had to do with the importance to our local economy of certain sectors that were particularly vulnerable, such as manufacturing…
Read MoreWorking from Home and Broadband Access in Oregon
By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic AnalysisThere is considerable speculation about how the pandemic will change the way we live. In particular our office is fielding a lot of questions about working from home and whether households may increasingly choose to live in the suburbs or rural areas as…
Read MoreCharacteristics of the Covered Unemployed in May 2020 in Jackson and Josephine Counties
by Polly Farrimond, Workforce Analyst, for Employment in Oregon In May 2020, Jackson County’s unemployment rate was 14.4 percent, up 9.8 percentage points from last year. Josephine County’s unemployment rate was 13.9 percent, up 8.7 percentage points over last year. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted residents at record levels reflecting the recession that has…
Read MoreCharacteristics of the Covered Unemployed in May 2020
by Anna Johnson, Senior Economic Analyst, for Employment in Oregon Since public health measures began to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19 virus, Oregon has seen an unprecedented and devastating impact on the economy. Along with the monthly employment and unemployment numbers, there is data available every month on the demographic composition of Unemployment…
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