More Good News on the Portland Jobs Front
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Tuesday, April 05, 2016
GoLocalPDX Business Team
Austin, Texas, Salt Lake City and Portland, OR are all cities with the highest Job Creation Index scores among the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, “based on employee reports of hiring activity where they work, according to data from GALLUP.
Portland, like many of the other top-ranking metro areas are being boosted by growth in technology jobs. Cities like Portland and Salt Lake City “may be increasingly attractive destinations for tech workers, given salaries that are becoming more competitive for the industry, along with a much lower cost of living than in California,” said GALLUP.
“…Portland is also a prosperous economy offering new opportunities for technology and innovation. The city is fast becoming a next-generation technology hub. Our newest data center in a nearby suburb will be one of the most advanced and efficient data centers in the world,” wrote Oregon’s Grow Our Own on Friday.
The effect of a robust and growing tech sector is the ripple effect. As GoLocalPDX has been tracking during the past year, the effect of the growth maybe it “spills over into growth in housing and construction jobs to meet the basic needs of the growing workforce in those areas.” But, it may also mean in the case of Portland increases in housing availability and costs that push some residents out of the city.
The results are based on Gallup Daily tracking. Gallup asks working Americans to say whether their employer is hiring workers and expanding the size of its workforce, not changing the size of its workforce, or letting workers go and reducing the size of its workforce. Overall, throughout 2014, an average of 39% of U.S. workers said their employer was hiring workers, compared with 13% who said their employer was letting workers go, resulting in a nationwide Job Creation Index of +26. Reports of job creation are currently quite strong and have improved each year since 2009.
Gallup assigns respondents to metro areas using the definitions for Metropolitan Statistical Areas developed by the federal Office of Management and Budget. Each MSA sample is weighted to ensure it is representative of the population of that metro area. Sample sizes range from a low of 745 for Birmingham, Ala., to a high of 11,362 for the New York City metro area.
Hiring activity appears to be a bit stronger in the larger U.S. metro areas than in the U.S. as a whole, given that all but 15 of the 50 most populous metro areas have Job Creation Index scores higher than the +26 national average. The full data for each of the largest metro areas appear at the end of the article.
The areas with the lowest index scores among the top 50 MSAs are New York, San Diego and Hartford, Conn., at +20, and Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Va., and Las Vegas at +21. Although these scores are the lowest in a relative sense, they are still strong in an absolute sense.
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Homestead
Fashion Designer
Average Home Price:
$315,550
Median Monthly Rent:
$980
Fashion Designer:
$63,500
Location
Southwest Hills
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Buckman
Registered Nurse
Average Home Price:
$388,441
Median Gross Rent
$768
Mean Annual Salary for a Registered Nurse:
$80,400
Location:
Hawthorne- Inner Southeast
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Mt. Tabor
College Chemistry Teacher
Average Home Price:
$418,900
Median Gross Rent:
$951
Mean Annual Salary for a Post-Secondary Chemistry Teacher:
$92,400
Location
Central Southeast
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Montavilla
Insurance Sales Agent
Average Home Price:
$224,000
Median Gross Rent:
$981
Mean Salary of an Insurance Sales Agent:
$61,500
Location
East Portland
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Sellwood Moreland
Criminal Investigator
Average Home Price:
$384,700
Median Gross Rent:
$858
Mean Salary for a Criminal Investigator:
$76,000
Location
Far South, Southeast
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Brentwood-Darlington (SE)
Postal Service Mail Carrier
Average Home Price:
$194,745
Median Gross Rent:
$1,052
Mean Average Salary for a Mail Carrier:
$50,070
Location
East Portland
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Centennial (East)
Agricultural and Food Science Technician
Average Home Price:
$161,110
Median Gross Rent:
$855
Mean Average Salary for a Commerical Pilot:
$37,000
Location
East Portland
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Cully (Mid Northeast)
Tax Examiner and Collector
Average Home Price:
$223,900
Median Gross Rent:
$810
Average Salary of Tax Examiners and Collectors:
$53,000
Location
Mid- Northeast Portland
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Concordia (NE Portland)
FInancial Examiner
Average Home Price:
$361,170
Median Gross Rent:
$1,180
Average Salary of a Financial Examiner:
$74,000
Location
Northeast Portland
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Irvington (Inner NE)
Financial Manager
Average Home Price:
$600,800
Median Gross Rent:
$1,158
Average Salary of a Financial Manager:
$106,000
Location
Inner Northeast
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Boise (Inner North)
Civil Engineer
Average Home Price:
$387,280
Median Gross Rent:
$949
Average Salary of a Civil Engineer:
$81,000
Location
Mississippi Ave./Williams Ave. - Inner North
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Humboldt (Inner North)
Microbiologist
Average Home Price:
$355,880
Median Gross Rent:
$832
Average Salary of a Microbiologist:
$74,000
Location
North Killingsworth/Williams Ave -- Inner North
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Overlook
Computer Programmer
Average Home Price:
$317,000
Median Gross Rent:
$795
Average Salary of a Computer Programmer:
$72,500
Location
Interstate Ave. - Inner North
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Pearl
Chemical Engineer
Average Home Price:
$488,000
Median Gross Rent:
$1,088
Average Salary of a Chemical Engineer:
$84,000
Location
Inner Northwest
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Portmouth
Interior Designer
Avrage Home Price:
$227,000
Median Gross Rent:
$856
Average Salary of an Interior Designer:
$53,000
Location
North Portland Peninsula
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St. Johns
Media / Communications Worker
Average Home Price:
$206,000
Gross Median Rent:
$1,023
Average Salary of a Media / Communications Worker:
$52,000
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Hayhurst
Supervisor of Corrections Officers
Average Home Price:
$336,000
Gross Median Rent:
$1,068
Average Salary of a Corrections Officer Supervisor:
$74,000
Location
Far North Portland
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Forest Park
Pharmacist
Average Home Price:
$721,500
Gross Median Rent:
$1,390
Average Salary for a Pharmacist:
$119,000
Location
Far Northwest Portland Hills
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Lents
Auto Mechanic
Average Home Price:
$171,000
Gross Median Rent:
$900
Average Salary of an Auto Mechanic:
$41,000
Location:
East Portland
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Kerns
Architect
Average Home Price:
$358,000
Gross Median Rent:
$784
Average Salary of an Architect:
$73,000
Location
Inner Northeast
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Hazelwood
Train Engineer
Average Home Price
$182,000
Gross Median Rent:
$884
Location
Average Salary of a Train Engineer:
$47,000
East Portland
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Oldtown / Chinatown
Mental Health Counselor
Average Home Price:
$210,000
Gross Median Rent:
$829
Location
Average Salary of a Mental Health Counselor:
$51,000
Inner Northwest
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South Portland
Psychologist
Average Home Price:
$421,000
Gross Median Rent:
$1,269
Location
Average Salary of a Psychologist:
$93,500
Inner Southwest
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Brooklyn
Accountant / Auditor
Average Home Price:
$318,000
Gross Median Rent:
$924
Average Salary for an Accountant
$64,000
Location:
Inner Southeast
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Madison South
Exercise Psychologist
Average Home Price:
$214,000
Gross Median Rent:
$1,000
Average Salary of an Exercise Psychologist:
$51,500
Location:
East Portland
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