2010-2020 Multnomah/Washington Job Openings: 59% Will be in Jobs with Average Pay That Is Less than 60% of Median Family Income.

Readers will recall my prior post HERE showing that 66% of projected job openings in Clackamas County from 2010-2020 were projected to be for occupations where average salaries were below 2010 60% median family income.(HUD 2010 median family income was $71,200, so the 60% MFI threshold was $42,720 or $20.54 per hour)

I replicated the same analysis for the Washington and Multnomah Workforce area; my observations:

1. In 2010, 56% of jobs in Multnomah and Clackamas County had average wages of 60% or less of 2010 HUD median family income.
2. From 2010-2020 of the 30,866 projected annual job openings (new jobs or replacement of current workers) 18,132 (59%) will be for jobs that had 2010 average wages at or below 60% of HUD median family income.

Notes:

• Scroll to the left/right up down in the embedded version to see the full worksheet.
• In the Excel workbook, the occupation link in left column is active, clicking will provide MUCH more detail for that occupation, including current job openings in that occupation.
• File is set up in landscape mode with legal paper size; printed document runs 22 pages.
• Occupations are listed in descending order of the projected number of annual job openings.

Excel table with that data is HERE, and also embedded below.



Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.