Executive Summary

A new information source, the Local

Employment Dynamics (LED) program for

Oregon, shows:

• The workforce is aging. From 1991

through 2002, an increasing percentage of the workforce was 45 years and

older. The proportion of people 65

years and older who continue working

has also increased, but slightly.

• Industries in which more than 1-in-5

workers were 55 years and older in

2002 include: private households,

local and suburban transit, oil and gas

extraction, and membership organizations. The first three had relatively few

workers.

• Examples of industries with high

turnover rates for older workers

include: private households, paper and

allied products, and local and suburban

transit.

• Examples of industries with more stable employment for older workers

include the petroleum refining and textile mill products industries.

• Industries where workers 65 years and

over are most likely to be employed

include the service industries of eating

and drinking places, business services,

and health services. Membership

organizations are also an important

source of work for the oldest workers.

• On average, in 2002, for workers 65

years and over, about 2,800 jobs were

created and nearly 5,400 were lost.

• The industry with the highest average

monthly earnings in 2002 for workers

65 years and older was primary metals

($5,535), but the number of such

workers was only 112. Of the industries that employed more than 500

workers 65 years and older, the highest paying was lumber and wood products ($3,361 a month).

Introduction

Across the country, firms are beginning to

plan for the large wave of workers born

during the Baby Boom of 1946 to 1964

who will be leaving the workforce over

the next few decades. A larger share

than in past generations may “retire” to

collect the pensions they earned over

their work life and then continue working

part-time or in more flexible working

arrangements.1

An extensive range of political, economic,

and social issues for the United States

and for Oregon will be substantially

affected by the retirement choices of this

large group of workers. Decisionmakers

are consequently looking at the economic

and policy implications for a wide range

of programs and institutions, including

social security and medicare; financial

markets; the housing market; and recreation, transportation, and health-care systems.

U S C E N S U S B U R E A U

Helping You Make Informed Decisions

U.S.Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Issued March 2004

JSR-OR-2004/1

A Profile Of Older Workers In Oregon

By 

Nick Carroll 

and 

Cynthia Taeuber

Local Employment Dynamics

1 The term “retirees” refers to workers who collect

pensions — who may have varied labor market experiences. Some may completely leave the labor force and

others may continue to work. Of those who continue to

work while they receive pensions, some may work fewer

than 35 hours a week, some may work only part of the

year, and others may continue in the labor force yearround and full-time. 
A report from the Urban Institute

sums up the national issue if past

retirement behavior is replicated

and if immigrant workers do not

fill the void:

The United States will lose the

services of millions of highly

skilled, experienced workers.

Because of the baby dearth that

followed the Baby Boom, there

will not be many new workers to

replace them, even as the senior

adult population grows significantly. Labor force growth is

expected to fall from 1.1 percent per year in the 1990s to

0.36 percent per year in the

period 2010 to 2020.2

Information about these changes

can be useful to a number of

groups. Decisionmakers in Oregon

need to know which industries and

regions of the state will be most

affected by changes in the size and

composition of the labor force in

coming decades. Similarly, businesses need such information both

to make more informed plans for

transitions and to pinpoint potential problem areas and new opportunities. Older workers who want

to continue working need to know

in what industries and in what

areas of Oregon jobs are available,

how flexible businesses are about

their working arrangements, and

the level of earnings they can

expect.

The Census Bureau, together with

state partners, is developing several

new sources of information to support these needs. The Local

Employment Dynamics (LED)

program, one of the newest

resources, produces workforce indicators that are updated every quarter for each partner state and its

metropolitan areas, counties, and

Workforce Investment Areas.3

Statistics are available without cost

on the program’s Web site

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/ and

additional indicators are available

from partner states. The statistics

are historical and come from multiple, high-quality information

sources that include most of the

working population (see Technical

Appendix A for additional information about coverage). 

The LED program is a partnership

between the Census Bureau and

participating states. As of January

2004, 27 states are partners with

the Census Bureau in creating this

information.4 Those 27 states cover

about 65 percent of America’s workers. Additional states are planning

to join the partnership.

This report uses Quarterly

Workforce Indicators (QWIs) from

the LED program for the state of

Oregon to focus on two groups of

older workers: those who are likely to be receiving pension income

(65 and older) and the preretirement group (55-64 years old).5

People in the preretirement group

may collect pensions within the

next ten years, but may or may

not continue to participate in the

labor force. 

With the LED, we can respond to

questions such as:

What changes are occurring in

the age composition of the workforce in a geographic area?

Which industries will be most

affected by the departure of

older workers from the

workforce?

In what industries do older people tend to continue working

and under what circumstances?

Which industries create jobs 

for older workers? Suffer the

most job losses? 

Which industries are the most

stable (that is, which have the

lowest job turnover rate)?

How much do older workers

earn in various industry groups

and geographic areas?

As the LED statistics in this report

show, older workers in Oregon have

been an increasing proportion of

the labor force. We learn from the

LED information that older workers

tend to be employed in the same

industries that employ a large proportion of younger workers, but the

best-paid are those who work in

financial and scientific firms with

relatively few older workers. We do

not know yet whether Oregon will

undergo rapid and massive

changes, or gradual changes due to

the retirement of experienced workers of the Baby Boom generation

along with the movement of workers into and out of Oregon. We do

know that both have the potential

to affect the age distribution of the

workforce significantly. Planners in

Oregon will be able to keep an eye

2 U.S. Census Bureau

2 Penner, Perun, and Steuerle “Legal and

Institutional Impediments to Partial Retirement

and Part-Time Work by Older Workers,” The

Urban Institute, 2002.

3 Other related information sources from

the Census Bureau include the American

Community Survey www.census.gov/acs/www/

and the economic census www.census.gov/epcd

/www/econ2002.html.

4 As of January 2004, the partner states

whose data were being processed were: CA,

CO, FL, IA, ID, IL, KS, MD, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ,

NM, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV.

Additional partner states include: DE, GA, KY,

MI, and ND. This is an ongoing project and

additional states are expected to join. 

5 This paper reports the results of research

and analysis undertaken by Census Bureau

staff. It has undergone a more limited review

than official Census Bureau publications. This

report is released to inform interested parties of

research and to encourage discussion.

Quarterly Workforce

Indicators for partner states

and detailed information

about the LED program are

available at:

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/.
on the impact of such factors and

emerging trends by using the 

LED statistics.

How is the age composition 

of the workforce in Oregon

changing?

The aging of Baby Boom workers

led to an increase in the proportion

of the workforce 45 years and

older from 1991 to 2002 in

Oregon. Many planners anticipate

this proportion will grow even

more rapidly over the next two

decades unless a large influx of

younger workers comes into

Oregon. In 1991, about 

73 percent of Oregon workers

were 15-to-44 years old (Figure 1).

By 2002, that figure had dropped

to about 62 percent of workers.

Seventeen percent of Oregon workers were 45-to-54 years old in

1991 and 24 percent were in that

age group in 2002. 

The falling share of younger workers occurred across the economy

of Oregon. The share of workers

in Oregon who are 65 years and

older, the traditional age when

most workers leave the labor force

permanently, increased slightly,

from about 2 percent to 3 percent

from 1991 to 2002. 

Which industries will be 

most affected by the 

aging workforce? 

Over the next two decades, we

expect the United States and

Oregon to see significant changes

in the demographic characteristics

of their workforces, and many

firms will be affected by a large

loss of skilled workers to retirement. In 2002, about 24 percent

of workers in Oregon were 45-54

years old and 11 percent were 55-

64 years old (Appendix Table 1).

The labor market faces important

transitional issues even though

some workers may continue to

work past age 65, and younger

workers may fill many of the positions left vacant by retirees.

In which industries are older workers most concentrated? Unless

there is an infusion of new workers

from outside Oregon, or from

other Oregon industries, the

U.S. Census Bureau 3

Full Quarter Employment

Total number of workers 

who were employed by the

same employer in the 

reference quarter, previous,

and subsequent quarter.

Figure 1.

Oregon Workforce by Age Group: 1991 to 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program's 

Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Percent of full quarter employment

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Jun-91 Jun-92 Jun-93 Jun-94 Jun-95 Jun-96 Jun-97 Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 Jun-02

65+

15-44

45-54

55-64 

Skill Level

Quarters of work experience
industries identified in Figure 2 are

those likely to be most affected by

the aging of the workforce.6 If

older workers seek either more

flexibility in hours or leave these

industries completely, companies

may suffer a considerable loss of

skills and knowledge. Thus,

industries with a high proportion

of workers near retirement might

need to plan for increased training

to respond to the loss of older

workers and their institutional

knowledge. 

Figure 2 shows that the private

households industry in Oregon

may be particularly vulnerable to a

loss of older workers in the coming decade. In that industry in

2002, about 21 percent were 55-

64 years old and about 11 percent

were 65 years and older. Other

industries with a relatively high

proportion of workers 55 years

and older included local and suburban transit (28 percent), oil and

gas extraction (20 percent) and

membership organizations (24 percent). Even though the proportions are relatively large, the first

three industries have a small number of older workers (Appendix

Table 1). Workers 65 and older

were about 8 percent of the local

and suburban transit industry. 

Some industries with high proportions of workers 55-64 years old

appear also to have relatively high

proportions of workers 65 years

and older, such as membership

organizations and local/suburban

transit. Those industries might be

more likely to lose the skills of

older workers than those industries that have very few workers

65 years and over, such as paper

and allied products, water transportation, and primary metal

industries.

The demand for older workers

and job stability.

An indicator of the degree to which

businesses need older workers is

the turnover rate of older workers

4 U.S. Census Bureau

6 Because the QWIs come from a mixture of

sources, they are not directly comparable with

statistics from worker-based surveys such as

the decennial census, the American Community

Survey, and the Current Population Survey.

Industries are based on the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) system. The LED program

will convert from the SIC system to the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

in early 2004. Some classification titles appear

to be similar but the detailed industry groups

that compose the categories may differ

between the SIC and NAICS systems. 

Figure 2.

Oregon Industries With a High Proportion 

of Older Workers by Age: 2002

Note: Details do not cover the total workforce in these age categories.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, 

Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table 1 and Web site: 

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Total

Petroleum refining

Primary metal industries

Textile mill products

Motor freight transportation

Membership organizations

Water transportation

Mining/quarrying — nonmetalic

Paper/allied products

Oil/gas extraction

Local/suburban transit

Private households

55-64

65+

(Percent of industry's workforce)

2.9

20.8

10.6

20.5 

7.6

20.3 

0.0

18.8 

1.1

18.1 

3.3

16.9 

2.3

16.8 

7.1

16.5 

3.4

16.4 

3.9

16.4 

1.4

16.3 

1.8

11.0 
within an industry. Industries with

a history of relatively high

turnover rates may have little need

for specific skills and may find it

easy to replace employees. As a

result, firms in such industries may

be likely to pay relatively low

wages. A relatively low turnover

rate for a specific age group, such

as older workers, may indicate that

workers in that age group are relatively skilled or not readily

replaced. The LED data enable us,

for the first time, to identify the

nature of demand for older workers in particular industries. 

The job turnover rate is also a

measure of job stability. Older

workers who work in low turnover

industries are more likely to have

stable employment, and hence,

may spend less time looking for

work and retraining for new jobs.

The average quarterly turnover

rate for all workers in Oregon was

11.5 percent in 2002 (although

this includes the relatively high

turnover rates of teenagers and

young adults).7 For workers 65

years and older, it was 11.0 percent; for those 55 - 64 years old,

7.9 percent. 

The industries in Figure 2 with the

highest average quarterly turnover

rates for workers 55-64 years old

in 2002 were private households

(average quarterly turnover rate

93 percent), motor frieght transportation (8 percent), and local and

suburban transit (8 percent).

Industries from Figure 2 with lower

average quarterly turnover rates

for this age group include primary

metal industries and paper and

allied products (with turnover rates

of 4 percent to 5 percent each).

Average quarterly turnover rates

for 2002 for these and other 

industries are shown in Appendix

Table 2.

Of the top ten industries in Oregon

employing workers 65 years and

older in 2002 (Table 1), the eating

and drinking places (13 percent)

and business services (15 percent)

industries had high average quarterly turnover rates; the lowest

were the membership organizations industry (8 percent) and

wholesale trade industry.

Where do older workers work?

The previous section identifies

which industries are the most vulnerable to an aging workforce.

This section asks where older

workers are most concentrated and

what their working conditions are

like. While 86 percent of the

United States population 65 years

and older was not in the labor

force in 2000, many experts forecast that the proportion of older

workers in the labor force will

grow.8 The types of work performed by today’s older workers

may indicate the work that older

people will perform in the future.

Planners should also examine the

type of work done by younger age

groups, such as those 35-44 years

U.S. Census Bureau 5

Turnover Rate

Turnover rate = 

A worker that retires is

included in the turnover rate.

* ( ) 2

1

, -1

+

t t

t t

average employment

accessions separations

7 This is a simple average of four quarters in

a calendar year.

Table 1.

Job Stability in Oregon by Industry: 2002

(Top 10 industries statewide employing workers 65 and older)

Industry

Number of workers

65 and older

Average quarterly

turnover rate

for workers

65 and older

(percent)

Average quarterly

turnover rate

for workers

14 and older

(percent)

Number of workers

14 and older

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,411 12.6 17.6 75,752

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,217 14.8 19.3 68,895

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,067 8.6 8.9 94,916

Membership organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,493 8.1 9.7 21,063

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355 9.7 12.1 18,316

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250 12.1 14.0 37,147

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223 18.6 15.9 15,458

Miscellaneous retail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,134 8.1 12.7 25,695

Car dealers and gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109 8.9 13.1 27,357

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023 7.1 8.1 38,976

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables 1 and 2. See Web

site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

8 U.S. Census Bureau, The Older Population

in the United States: March 2000, 2001.
old, for the changes they might

expect among older workers, given

differences in the type of education different age groups received

and changes in the needs of industries. Such factors affect the

needs, resources, and choices of

tomorrow’s older workers as well

as of potential employers.

As shown in Figure 3, the industries

where workers 65 years and over

were most likely to be employed in

Oregon in 2002 were eating and

drinking places, business services,

health services, (employing 7 percent to 8 percent of the workforce

65 years and older, over 2,000 workers each), and membership organizations (5 percent). Half of workers 65

years and older in Oregon were

employed in the first ten industries

shown in Figure 3, compared with

41 percent of all workers. Older and

younger workers may be employed

in distinctly different types of firms

within these industries, however,

and younger workers may be

assigned different tasks.

Between 1991 and 2002, there

were substantial changes in the

top ten industries that employed

the largest number of workers 65

years and older in 2002 (Table 2).9

Despite the shuffling in rank, service industries have long been the

major employers of the oldest

workers in Oregon. 

Employment dynamics and

older workers.

The employment numbers in the

preceding section show only one

part of the employment picture.

Even when levels of employment in

an industry change little, enormous

change can occur in the underlying

numbers. Economists refer to the

underlying changes as “job creation”

and “job destruction.” Even if

employment levels in an industry

stay the same, some firms add jobs

and others eliminate jobs. So, while

Figure 3 identifies the industries that

employed a high proportion of older

workers in Oregon in 2002, LED program data reveal more detail. LED

indicators also tally the number of

jobs gained and lost by older workers in the Oregon economy.10

6 U.S. Census Bureau

Figure 3.

Percentage of Workers 65 Years and Older in Oregon 

by Industry: 2002 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, 

Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table 1 and Web site: 

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Lumber and wood products

General merchandise stores

Hotels/other lodging places

Wholesale trade — nondurables

Construction — special trade

Wholesale trade — durables

Car dealers/gas stations

Miscellaneous retail

Agricultural production – crops

Social services

Real estate

Membership organizations

Health services

Business services

Eating and drinking places

(Percent of workers aged 65+ years)

2.6

8.0

7.3

6.9

4.9

4.5

4.1

4.1

3.8

3.7

3.4

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

9 Historical statistics are consistent in the

LED program, so it is possible to make comparisons of statistics over time.

10 Job losses for older workers can happen

in two ways — a firm can actually reduce

employment, or it can substitute a younger

worker for an older worker.

Job Creation — New jobs are

created either by new businesses opening or by existing

firms adding new jobs.

Job Destruction — Jobs are

lost to the economy when

businesses close or reduce

employment.

Net Job Flow — The difference

between current and previous

full quarter employment

across all businesses.
The LED statistics reveal that, on

average in Oregon in 2002, for

workers 65 years and older, 2,822

jobs were created a quarter

(Appendix Table 4) and 5,368 were

lost (Appendix Table 5) — on average, a net decrease of 2,546 such

workers employed a quarter. The

industries that created the most

jobs for workers 65 years and

older (Table 3) were eating and

drinking places, with 257 jobs created on average a quarter, followed

by business services (238 jobs).

The industries that destroyed the

most jobs for the oldest workers

were eating and drinking places

(512 jobs a quarter destroyed on

average), business services (441

jobs), and health services (386

jobs). These changes represented,

in Oregon in 2002, an average net

loss of 255 jobs in eating and

drinking places, 203 jobs in business services, and 231 jobs in

health services.

What do older workers earn?

How much do older workers earn

in the industries most likely to

employ them? On average, fullquarter workers 65 years and older

in 2002 earned $1,861 a month in

Oregon, and workers of all ages

averaged $2,890 a month (Table 4

and Appendix Table 6).

As is the case for all workers, the

average earnings levels of older

workers vary greatly among

industries. For example, in eating

and drinking places, which

employed 8 percent of all workers

65 years and older in Oregon in

2002, the average monthly earnings were $1,062. Workers 14 and

U.S. Census Bureau 7

Table 2.

Top Ten Employers in Oregon Employing Workers 65 and Older by Rank:

First Quarter 1991 and 2002

1991

rank

2002

rank Industry

Number of workers 65 and older Percent change,

first quarter,

1991-2002

Number of workers

First quarter, 1991 First quarter, 2002 14 and older, 2002

3 1 Eating and drinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,043 2,659 154.9 75,752

5 2 Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945 2,420 156.1 68,895

1 3 Health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,512 2,307 52.6 94,916

2 4 Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115 1,500 34.5 21,063

4 5 Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 1,372 42.8 18,316

8 6 Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 1,351 105.6 37,147

14 7 Agricultural production—crops. . . . . . . . 451 1,267 180.9 15,458

12 8 Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 1,180 123.9 25,695

7 9 Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 1,167 39.1 27,357

6 10 Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . 903 1,065 17.9 38,976

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 1991 and 2002, Appendix Table 3. See Web

site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Table 3.

Job Gains and Losses Among Industry Groups in Oregon by Industry: 2002

(Average number of jobs a quarter)

Top ten industries that created jobs

for workers 65 and over

Jobs created Jobs destroyed Net change

Total employment

65 and older

Workers 14

and older

Eating and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 512 –255 2,411 75,752

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 441 –203 2,217 68,895

Agricultural production—crops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 184 38 1,223 15,458

Health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 386 –231 2,067 94,916

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 256 –123 1,250 37,147

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 305 –182 785 27,129

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 151 –28 1,355 18,316

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 154 –42 793 15,591

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 121 –21 836 39,676

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 157 –66 1,493 21,063

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables 4 and 5. See Web

site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Average Earnings for 

Full-Quarter Employees —

Total earnings of all workers

employed the full quarter

divided by the number of

such workers.
older in that industry had average

monthly earnings of $1,155.

About 7 percent of the oldest

workers in Oregon were employed

by the business services industry,

and they had average monthly

earnings of $1,340. Of the top ten

employers of older workers in

Oregon in 2002, the industry with

the highest average monthly earnings was wholesale trade -

durables, with an average of

$2,967 a month; the lowest was

membership organizations, with an

average $935 a month.

Among all industry groups, primary

metal industries had the highest

average monthly earnings in 2002

for workers 65 years and older -

$5,535 - compared with $4,016 for

all workers in this industry (Table

5). The number of workers 65

years and older in this industry is

relatively small — 112 workers.

Other high paying industries

include measuring and analyzing

instruments, legal services, and

industrial and commercial machinery. Only 1 of the 2 industries that

employed 500 or more workers 65

years and older — lumber and

wood products — was relatively

high paying, with average earnings

of $3,361 a month.

Summary

This report provides answers to

several key questions related to

the aging of Oregon’s workforce:

• What is the age composition of

the workforce and what are the

changes since 1991?

8 U.S. Census Bureau

Table 4.

Average Monthly Earnings Among Top Ten Industries in Oregon by Age: 2002

Industry

Average monthly

earnings for workers

65 and older

(dollars)

Average monthly

earnings 14 and older

total workers

(dollars)

Workers 65

and older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,861 2,890 30,168 1,027,592

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . 1,062 1,155 2,411 75,752

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340 2,829 2,217 68,895

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,749 3,413 2,067 94,916

Membership organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . 935 1,604 1,493 21,063

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,484 2,331 1,355 18,316

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,187 1,701 1,250 37,147

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . 1,358 1,749 1,223 15,458

Miscellaneous retail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145 1,862 1,134 25,695

Car dealers/gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,911 2,820 1,109 27,357

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . 2,967 4,089 1,023 38,976

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table 6. See Web site:

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Table 5.

Average Monthly Earnings of Workers in Oregon by Age: 2002

(Includes only industries that employed 100 or more workers 65 and older)

Industry

Average monthly

earnings of workers

65 and older

(dollars)

Average monthly

earnings of workers

14 and older

(dollars)

Workers 65

and older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Primary metal industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,535 4,016 112 7,772

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,165 4,370 142 8,968

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,122 4,276 204 9,284

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,604 4,179 265 16,057

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,437 4,136 105 11,980

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,361 3,144 771 35,813

Construction other than building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,251 3,699 171 6,656

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . 3,063 5,451 101 8,823

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,025 5,079 195 31,640

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,967 4,089 1,023 38,976

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables 1 and 6. See Web

site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
• Which industries may be most at

risk of being affected by the

aging of the workforce?

• How stable are the jobs of older

workers?

• In which industries are older

workers most likely to be

employed?

• How much do older workers

earn?

In Oregon in 2002, the industries

that employed the highest proportions of workers 55-64 years old,

and hence were likely to be substantially affected by retirements in

the coming decade were: private

households, local and suburban

transit, oil and gas extraction, and

membership organizations. 

The local and suburban transit and

private households industries had

high proportions of workers 65

years and older, suggesting older

people may continue working in

these industries in coming years.

The industries in which people 65

and older were most likely to be

employed, eating and drinking

places, business services, and

health services were the same

ones that employed a larger proportion of younger workers. This is

not to say that these industries

were similar to each other in all

respects. Indeed, health services

had a turnover rate similar to the

average for all older workers,

while business services and eating

and drinking places had higher

turnover. In terms of pay, older

workers tended to fare best in

industries with relatively few older

workers and, as for all workers, in

industries many highly trained,

professional employees, such as in

financial and scientific firms.

TECHNICAL APPENDIX

Background

The U.S. Census Bureau and partner states produce Quarterly

Workforce Indicators (QWIs) for

each state, metropolitan area,

county, and Workforce Investment

Board area. QWIs for other geographic areas are available through

the state partners. 

The QWIs are updated each quarter

and annual averages are available

at http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Overview

The QWIs are key economic indicators selected jointly by the Census

Bureau and its partner states. Each

QWI provides a critical measure of

an area’s economy and is a tool to

understand changes in the core

performance of local economies. 

The QWIs are updated 7 months

after the end of a quarter, which

makes them a current and a historical time series to monitor economic change. They serve as early

indicators to states and local areas

of emerging trends and help to

identify turning points in the

dynamics of the workforce and

specific industries. 

The database covers about 98 percent of the labor force.11 The QWIs

are derived from state administrative records and basic demographic

information from other existing

sources. Some information about

the workforce is not now available

in this database, including hours

and weeks worked, educational

attainment, occupation, and

whether workers worked for an

entire quarter or a part of the quarter. The Census Bureau is working

on long-term plans to include information of this type, particularly the

lack of educational and occupational information.

Because the QWIs come from a mixture of sources, they are not directly

comparable with statistics from

worker-based surveys, such as the

decennial census, the American

Community Survey, and the Current

Population Survey. Industries are

based on the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) system. The LED

program will convert from the SIC

system to the North American

Industry Classification System

(NAICS) in early 2004. Some classification titles appear to be similar

but the detailed industry groups

that compose the categories may

differ between the SIC and NAICS

systems.

Enhanced Unemployment

Insurance (UI) wage records are the

basic data source for the QWIs.

Administrative records and the surveys differ in coverage, the timing

of data collection, and concept definitions. The QWIs are not exactly

comparable with establishment

surveys either, such as those from

the Bureau of Labor Statistics’

ES202 program, which capture

employment at an establishment

on the 12th of the month.

The LED database can respond to a

wide variety of questions about the

workforce because it allows multiple definitions of “employment.”

That is because the QWIs are jobbased statistics and different from

the worker-based statistics familiar

U.S. Census Bureau 9

11 Self-employed workers are not part of the

LED database. The 2 percent of the labor force

that are not part of covered employment are

primarily railroad workers, independent contractors, some agricultural workers, and workers for some nonprofit organizations (such as

religious organizations). See: U.S. U.S. Census

Bureau, David W. Stevens and Julia Lane,

“Employment That Is Not Covered By State

Unemployment,” Technical Paper No. TP-2002-

16, January 2002, available on

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
to many researchers.12 The LED

database includes all jobs held:

• In a quarter, regardless of length

of time the job is held.

• At the beginning of a 

quarter.

• At the end of a quarter.

• For a full quarter (the measure used in this report).

The measure that is closest to the

ES202 definition of employment is

the second one, jobs held at the

beginning of a quarter. This second

measure has the additional advantage that the trends are similar to

those shown by worker-based surveys such as the decennial census,

although the levels differ. 

Another difference among datasets

is measurement of earnings.

According to the BLS Handbook of

Methods (1997), UI wage records

measure “gross wages and salaries,

bonuses, stock options, tips, and

other gratuities, and the value of

meals and lodging, where supplied.” They do not include OASDI,

health insurance, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, private pensions, and welfare

funds. The LED database does not

include the number of hours or

weeks an employee worked. Thus,

what appears for an industry such

as retail trade to be low average

earnings in a given year or quarter

may be the result of relatively low

hourly wages, not working many

hours in the time period, or both.

In retail trade, much of the work is

part-time and this affects the LED

measure of average earnings. 

The confidentiality of the

statistics is protected.

The Census Bureau and the state

partners are committed to

protecting the confidentiality of the

data in the LED files. Technically,

the approach to avoid disclosure of

individual information is to combine

cell suppression methodology with

the addition of statistical noise, 

controlling key measures to county

employment levels as reported by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In

plainer English, the technical techniques the Census Bureau uses

mean that the final statistics are not

shown if the numbers in a cell are

small and the statistics that are

shown are “fuzzy,” that is, close to

the actual information but not exact.

Only Census Bureau employees or

individuals who have special sworn

status are permitted to work with

the data. Those who work with the

data must have an official security

clearance based on a background

check, including fingerprinting, of

everyone who has access to Title 13

data. Additionally, they are subject

to a $250,000 fine and 5 years in

jail if the identity of an individual or

business is disclosed. The Census

Bureau and state data custodians

review all projects before release to

avoid disclosure of confidential

information. 

More detailed information about

the confidentiality protection system is available under the

“Confidentiality” menu at:

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/.

Why the Census Bureau

produces the LED statistics.

The Census Bureau and the state

partners are committed to protecting the integrity of information and

producing the highest quality

statistics. We accomplish this by

ensuring that the LED program is

consistent with the Census

Bureau’s legal authority and mission, that the methodologies used

are the best alternatives, and that

the LED program produces demonstrated benefits. 

The state partners and the Census

Bureau both benefit from the LED

program. The state partners fulfill

their mandate to provide highquality regional labor market information and the Census Bureau

improves the economic and demographic survey estimates and intercensal population estimates.

Specifically, the LED program supports Census Bureau research on

improving the quality, use, and

analysis of its census, survey, and

estimation-based data products.

Estimates of the employed population by demographic, geographic,

and industrial detail enhances the

Census Bureau’s existing agencywide programs. In particular, estimates of workers in each county

and industry, in conjunction with

statistical information about

employers, will provide longneeded and critical but previously

unavailable information for key

programs such as the demographic

survey estimates and the intercensal population estimates program. Census Bureau programs

will benefit from new information

on turnover, job creation, and job

destruction by age and sex, and

information on the employment of

individuals in each county. 

More information about the benefits of the LED program may be

found on the LED Web site at:

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Research for and production of this

report were supported under an

interagency agreement with the

Behavioral and Social Research

Program, National Institute on Aging,

Agreement No. Y1-AG-9415-01

10 U.S. Census Bureau

12 For the QWIs, a “job” is defined as equivalent records for an employer and employee.
APPENDIX TABLES

U.S. Census Bureau 11

Table A1. Oregon Employment by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total, age group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643,219 241,152 113,053 30,168 1,027,592

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,553 3,153 1,529 1,223 15,458

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,366 442 225 141 2,174

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,061 2,147 784 428 11,420

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136 761 328 230 3,455

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 80 19 9 236

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2 *4 *4 - 10

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 *7 *6 - 30

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 427 265 48 1,463

Construction

Building construction—general contractor. . . . . . . . . . 9,191 3,722 1,417 280 14,610

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,933 1,731 821 171 6,656

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,771 8,674 3,395 836 39,676

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,705 4,860 2,250 518 18,333

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 159 81 19 488

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,333 583 273 84 2,273

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,896 9,415 4,731 771 35,813

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,221 813 323 67 3,424

Paper/allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,453 1,761 986 57 5,257

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,507 3,308 1,582 350 12,747

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,833 879 359 57 3,128

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 108 61 7 374

Rubber and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,302 1,322 592 133 5,349

Leather and leather products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 74 24 7 281

Stone, clay, and glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,528 1,215 521 90 4,354

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,115 2,272 1,273 112 7,772

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,757 2,959 1,430 262 11,408

Industrial/commercial machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,320 4,454 2,018 265 16,057

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,786 7,461 2,198 195 31,640

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,135 3,837 1,658 193 13,823

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,946 2,708 1,172 142 8,968

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,137 847 390 79 3,453

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport .............................. ---- -

Local/suburban transit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,864 1,071 836 311 4,082

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,984 5,864 3,266 675 19,789

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033 614 344 46 2,037

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,630 1,912 705 86 8,333

Pipelines, except natural gas..................... ---- -

Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,551 1,041 487 106 4,185

Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,385 3,029 1,031 80 11,525

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,370 3,165 1,187 101 8,823

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,987 10,235 4,731 1,023 38,976

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,262 7,504 3,210 827 31,803

See footnotes at end of table.

(Full Quarter Employment)
12 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A1. Oregon Employment by Industry and Age: 2002—Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,639 2,077 1,102 340 9,158

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,788 5,680 2,876 785 27,129

Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,229 5,428 2,578 742 29,977

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,712 5,591 2,945 1,109 27,357

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,216 1,345 721 274 9,556

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,720 2,148 1,070 290 11,228

Eating and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,437 8,986 3,918 2,411 75,752

Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,876 5,571 3,114 1,134 25,695

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,222 3,807 1,705 192 15,926

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,011 1,713 700 78 8,502

Security and commodity brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,047 840 397 77 3,361

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,156 3,381 1,338 105 11,980

Insurance agents/brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,828 2,285 1,262 257 8,632

Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,714 4,368 2,879 1,355 18,316

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 409 198 84 1,381

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,923 3,130 1,745 793 15,591

Personal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,747 1,865 1,040 372 9,024

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,628 13,749 6,301 2,217 68,895

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,243 2,406 1,150 475 12,274

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,785 820 401 85 3,091

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,205 651 271 76 5,203

Amusement and recreation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,798 2,266 1,088 532 13,684

Health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,921 29,246 12,682 2,067 94,916

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,336 2,521 1,223 204 9,284

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,071 4,329 2,288 483 15,171

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,653 8,760 4,484 1,250 37,147

Museums, galleries, and gardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 271 138 56 1,099

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,973 6,061 3,536 1,493 21,063

Engineering, accounting, and research . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,513 6,357 3,013 626 25,509

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 369 347 177 1,668

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 102 28 11 329

- Represents zero.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality 
U.S. Census Bureau 13

Table A2. Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002

(In percent)

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.46 7.93 7.89 11.03 11.48

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.88 12.68 13.55 18.58 15.87

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.64 11.29 10.28 13.05 12.72

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.65 10.73 11.27 20.78 14.58

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.01 14.38 13.97 22.26 19.73

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.58 12.88 5.43 - 17.93

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- -

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- -

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.92 5.58 5.79 7.28 7.54

Construction

Building construction—general contractor. . . . . . . . . . 15.26 10.98 10.70 13.33 13.71

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.62 11.79 11.88 14.00 14.61

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.57 10.58 10.73 13.81 13.35

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.10 6.84 6.60 15.14 9.53

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.69 6.70 5.90 - 9.73

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.24 6.41 7.28 10.78 9.51

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 6.06 6.08 10.36 8.45

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.25 6.93 6.18 12.68 9.08

Paper/allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.73 3.91 5.40 6.62 5.50

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.30 8.90 8.48 9.96 10.26

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.29 5.20 5.68 7.82 7.03

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.69 3.11 6.45 - 7.49

Rubber and plastics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.70 5.42 5.21 8.63 7.52

Leather and leather products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.44 9.54 2.80 7.44 8.21

Stone, clay, and glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.25 4.99 4.57 7.16 6.77

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.68 4.21 4.83 9.48 5.61

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.79 4.94 4.62 8.14 7.24

Industrial/commercial machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.86 4.37 4.53 7.67 5.87

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.27 3.85 5.19 7.46 4.92

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.20 4.92 5.49 10.18 7.60

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.29 3.37 3.37 7.17 4.44

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.89 5.63 5.18 8.85 8.17

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport .............................. ---- -

Local/suburban transit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.22 8.99 7.94 9.20 10.27

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.88 7.69 7.68 9.96 9.46

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.53 7.81 6.74 8.48 8.95

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.14 4.30 7.53 15.24 6.51

Pipelines, except natural gas..................... ---- -

Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.21 6.68 6.50 7.81 8.18

Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.34 6.92 7.67 16.94 9.84

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.59 2.74 4.05 10.03 4.88

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.30 6.31 6.07 7.13 8.11

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.55 6.30 6.52 9.46 8.48

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A2. Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002—Con.

(In percent)

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.94 7.43 7.04 8.08 10.83

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.22 10.12 9.53 9.01 13.43

Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.95 5.99 5.83 8.24 10.96

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.23 9.14 8.45 8.85 13.09

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.36 7.63 6.37 7.96 14.97

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.37 7.93 8.07 9.10 12.41

Eating and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.23 11.23 10.13 12.55 17.63

Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.19 8.99 8.24 8.12 12.74

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.29 5.29 5.63 6.63 7.86

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.13 8.04 9.16 10.30 11.02

Security and commodity brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.11 4.58 5.44 7.42 6.88

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.81 4.51 4.75 10.07 5.92

Insurance agents/brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.03 6.83 6.91 6.75 9.04

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50 9.62 8.86 9.72 12.08

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.76 7.29 8.30 6.18 9.02

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.23 13.32 12.63 14.31 17.05

Personal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.60 8.83 8.93 11.49 13.16

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.37 15.50 14.48 14.78 19.33

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.10 8.38 7.97 10.73 12.28

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.11 7.25 7.31 7.99 9.41

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.49 10.28 8.18 16.06 16.19

Amusement and recreational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.50 12.11 13.54 14.70 17.65

Health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.02 6.51 6.39 8.58 8.88

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.44 4.83 4.43 6.65 7.34

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.15 6.56 6.16 8.73 10.52

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.33 10.55 9.80 12.05 13.99

Museums, galleries, and gardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.87 6.10 8.18 7.77 10.28

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.98 6.82 6.58 8.08 9.73

Engineering, accounting, and research . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01 7.58 7.82 9.98 9.75

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.60 98.70 92.59 74.91 90.67

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.63 10.66 9.87 - 12.63

- Represents zero.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Oregon Employment Department Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality 
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Table A3. Oregon Employment by Industry and Age: First Quarter 1991 and 2002

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1991 2002 1991 2002

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829,609 1,090,883 18,396 32,033

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,677 14,970 451 1,267

Agricultural production—livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,871 2,142 99 147

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,276 11,029 95 405

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,190 3,220 71 234

Fishing, hunting, and trapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 228 6 9

Mining

Metal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 11 - -

Oil/gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 29 - -

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 1,512 44 48

Construction

Building Construction—general contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,743 14,540 150 282

Construction other than building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,317 6,467 105 172

Construction—special trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,169 39,123 342 835

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,615 19,360 292 511

Textile mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,651 565 46 22

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,219 2,273 67 86

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,744 38,794 552 777

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,460 3,375 42 61

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,231 6,051 48 62

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,227 13,368 327 374

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,476 3,200 34 59

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 380 12 7

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,919 5,399 47 136

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 269 13 9

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,719 4,617 65 93

Primary metal industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,986 8,273 80 117

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,253 11,727 110 270

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,764 16,741 200 270

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,668 32,789 112 204

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,173 15,303 80 204

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,288 9,600 79 143

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,474 3,489 87 82

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ..................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,239 4,455 166 373

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,910 20,681 354 688

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,716 2,142 37 51

Transportation by air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,344 10,036 27 97

Pipelines, except natural gas ........................... - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,467 4,247 63 104

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,593 13,280 82 86

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,523 10,490 74 111

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,030 40,535 903 1,065

Wholesale trade—nondurables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,806 34,221 641 837

See footnotes at end of table.

(Full Quarter Employment)
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Table A3. Oregon Employment by Industry and Age: First Quarter 1991 and 2002—Con.

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1991 2002 1991 2002

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,242 10,211 280 370

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,733 34,558 388 1,022

Food stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,633 34,462 429 855

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,003 28,446 527 1,180

Apparel and accessory stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,280 10,813 319 312

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,972 11,737 249 297

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,270 80,718 1,043 2,659

Miscellaneous retail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,001 26,282 839 1,167

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,334 19,151 220 230

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,161 9,064 31 80

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863 3,793 53 90

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,009 14,472 87 120

Insurance agents/brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,794 8,559 166 255

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,492 17,509 961 1,372

Holding/other investment offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,527 1,284 77 79

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,864 15,567 409 816

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,304 9,185 335 391

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,632 71,023 945 2,420

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,788 12,357 242 527

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,793 3,069 86 82

Motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174 5,533 53 88

Amusement and recreational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,560 13,647 330 517

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,748 107,219 1,512 2,307

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,822 9,214 152 199

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,826 14,937 270 495

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,208 40,127 657 1,351

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,696 1,157 46 60

Membership organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,152 19,751 1,115 1,500

Engineering, accounting, and research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,852 25,815 394 648

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,233 1,947 169 231

Services, not classified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 320 11 11

- Represents zero.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
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Table A4. Composition of Job Creation in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,817 17,287 7,818 2,822

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops .......................... 1545 350 186 221

Agricultural production—livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 48 25 19

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1130 218 82 83

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 83 36 42

Fishing, hunting, and trapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10 *2 *1

Mining

Metal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - -

Oil/gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1 *1 - -

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 16 11 4

Construction

Building construction—general contractor . . .............. 1322 376 136 33

Construction other than building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 156 83 19

Construction—special trade............................. 3531 851 314 101

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988 291 121 74

Textile mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 *2 *1 *1

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 31 19 8

Lumber and wood products............................. 1456 327 135 59

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 33 16 8

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 21 8 2

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 367 167 31

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 42 15 2

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 *3 3 -

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 48 18 7

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 *4 *1 -

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 44 14 5

Primary metal industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 76 51 *3

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 112 47 14

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 150 65 13

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 121 42 5

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 122 30 11

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 52 20 5

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 38 14 4

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ..................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 76 51 24

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 308 165 51

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 30 9 1

Transportation by air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 57 29 7

Pipelines, except naural gas ............................ - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 58 25 5

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 195 62 7

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 119 39 8

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables ............................. 1872 621 246 52

Wholesale trade—nondurables.......................... 1722 450 184 63

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A4. Composition of Job Creation in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002—Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 142 71 23

General merchandise stores ............................ 4179 1242 555 124

Food stores. .......................................... 1986 305 141 52

Car dealers, gas stations ............................... 1985 415 209 82

Apparel and accessory stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 80 38 17

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 149 79 22

Eating and drinking places ............................. 7983 906 370 257

Miscellaneous retail.................................... 1928 465 225 69

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 160 83 9

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 117 60 7

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 47 21 5

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 143 55 6

Insurance agents/brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 164 90 15

Real estate ........................................... 1210 385 235 123

Holding/other investment offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 30 11 5

Services

Hotels/other lodging places ............................. 1644 414 238 113

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 147 92 39

Business services ..................................... 7555 1597 699 238

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936 165 74 45

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 53 23 5

Motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 52 20 8

Amusement and recreational services ................... 1603 273 154 81

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5242 2003 814 155

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 108 52 11

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 225 106 26

Social services ........................................ 2870 774 373 133

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 10 7 3

Membership organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1108 345 191 91

Engineering, accounting, and research................... 1472 400 202 46

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 63 46 25

Services, not classified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 11 *4 *1

- Represents zero. * The value has been significatly distored to protect confidentiality

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
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Table A5. Composition of Job Destruction in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,385 36,293 18,489 5,368

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262 355 190 184

Agricultural production—livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 55 33 20

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054 225 100 81

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 83 38 33

Fishing, hunting, and trapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10 *3 *1

Mining

Metal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - -

Oil/gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1 - - -

Mining/quarrying nonmetallic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 52 33 7

Construction

Building construction—general contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 350 153 42

Construction other than building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 251 140 33

Construction—special trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061 839 388 121

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705 784 395 105

Textile mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 49 24 6

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 34 19 10

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,819 1,809 1,067 144

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 57 25 8

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 433 291 12

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 480 251 73

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 79 47 6

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13 6 -

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 88 47 20

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 *3 *2 2

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 164 88 16

Primary metal industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 367 184 24

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 297 162 36

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050 461 221 35

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,509 722 267 36

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,186 555 284 29

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 404 193 19

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 70 38 9

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ..................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 223 196 79

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,555 844 491 102

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 98 72 8

Transportation by air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,555 503 177 19

Pipelines, except natural gas ........................... - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 103 53 15

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,604 791 314 25

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 764 326 22

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082 1,224 616 124

Wholesale trade—nondurables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,473 1,101 471 123

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A5. Composition of Job Destruction in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002—Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 358 197 60

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,020 1,951 1,045 305

Food stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,589 1,339 661 192

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,210 758 406 169

Apparel and accessory stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,049 326 171 68

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,432 255 136 42

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,295 1,559 698 512

Miscellaneous retail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,201 787 449 158

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,712 959 458 59

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914 238 103 12

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 154 87 18

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,835 853 353 33

Insurance agents/brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 175 100 23

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263 465 299 151

Holding/other investment offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 24 18 5

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,702 483 310 154

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,097 274 149 57

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,230 1,865 983 441

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296 279 152 109

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 83 50 13

Motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 73 29 14

Amusement and recreational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 284 155 82

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,342 4,748 2,183 386

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 173 77 17

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963 328 214 71

Social services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,519 1,514 831 256

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 33 21 7

Membership organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193 454 302 157

Engineering, accounting, and research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643 599 303 89

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 163 143 78

Services, not classified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 9 *4 *1

- Represents zero.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality 
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Table A6. Average Monthly Earnings in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002

(In dollars)

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,549 3,350 1,861 2,890

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,115 1,901 1,358 1,749

Agricultural production—livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,082 2,342 1,546 1,989

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,416 2,244 1,496 2,035

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,485 3,745 1,483 2,518

Fishing, hunting, and trapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,648 3,240 765 2,674

Mining

Metal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,620 15,002 - 8,926

Oil/gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,172 2,553 - 3,539

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,513 3,323 2,248 3,196

Construction

Building construction—general contractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,014 4,216 2,372 3,419

Construction other than building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,064 3,952 3,251 3,699

Construction—special trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,774 3,711 1,987 3,211

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,895 2,841 1,939 2,495

Textile mill products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,390 4,112 2,959 3,601

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,401 2,461 1,616 2,112

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,595 3,924 3,361 3,144

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,176 3,450 2,081 2,704

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,538 4,982 7,092 4,300

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,462 3,344 2,522 3,074

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,516 5,851 4,021 3,980

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,367 3,435 1,847 3,634

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,210 3,536 2,750 2,774

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,607 2,276 1,716 2,278

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,554 3,737 2,543 3,193

Primary metal industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,563 4,588 5,535 4,016

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,472 3,568 2,628 3,034

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,633 4,396 3,604 4,179

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,711 5,137 3,025 5,079

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,073 4,481 2,727 3,503

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,792 4,779 4,165 4,370

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,099 3,228 1,923 2,594

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ..................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,817 1,627 1,113 1,708

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,124 3,127 2,001 2,861

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,873 4,811 3,613 4,237

Transportation by air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,359 3,426 1,867 2,713

Pipelines, except natural gas ........................... - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,618 3,642 2,006 3,224

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,319 4,342 2,667 3,746

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,124 5,704 3,063 5,451

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,682 4,471 2,967 4,089

Wholesale trade—nondurables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,462 3,964 2,139 3,687

See footnotes at end of table.
22 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A6. Average Monthly Earnings in Oregon by Industry and Age: 2002—Con.

(In dollars)

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,619 2,643 1,461 2,235

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,428 1,989 1,220 1,890

Food stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,246 2,094 1,273 1,735

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,476 3,311 1,911 2,820

Apparel and accessory stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,105 1,784 1,194 1,641

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806 2,523 2,032 2,352

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521 1,434 1,062 1,155

Miscellaneous retail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,317 1,932 1,145 1,862

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,762 3,914 1,928 2,989

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,572 4,611 3,724 4,619

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,259 10,238 8,929 8,210

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,802 4,971 3,437 4,136

Insurance agents/brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,403 4,147 2,462 3,640

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,792 2,565 1,484 2,331

Holding/other investment offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,521 5,047 6,088 4,097

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685 1,558 1,061 1,435

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968 1,677 1,184 1,659

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,320 2,742 1,340 2,829

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,709 2,316 1,367 2,345

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,872 2,593 1,553 2,700

Motion pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,577 3,057 1,337 2,365

Amusement and recreational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301 1,864 1,255 2,155

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,008 4,044 2,749 3,413

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,095 5,048 4,122 4,276

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,553 2,839 1,768 2,194

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,005 1,989 1,187 1,701

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,540 2,011 1,178 1,943

Membership organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945 1,866 935 1,604

Engineering, accounting, and research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,768 4,537 2,849 3,956

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368 1,421 1,148 1,373

Services, not classified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,406 4,041 1,995 3,895

- Represents zero.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Oregon Employment Department, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

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