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iE,?t ^ortlanh (Dbserucr Page 4 Goingt0 Work continued from front past decade. Beyond gains from economic growth, an additional 392,000 job openings will be created by 2022 as workers change occupations or leave for other reasons, such as retirement, officials said. The 2012 to 2022 employment projections reflect several ongoing trends: continuing recovery from the Great Recession, particularly for the construction industry; a grow ing health care sector, due in part to an aging population; continuing population growth; and the need for replacement workers due to baby boomer retirements. The state's professional and busi ness services sector - which con sists of computer systems design services, temporary employment agencies, business support ser vices, and other firms - is projected to add the most jobs (47,000), fol lowed by the health care industry (45,000). Oregon's construction industry, continuing its recovery from mas sive recession job losses, is pro jected to grow at the fastest rate of any industry (29 percent or 20,000 jobs). Even with its relatively fast grow th rate , the co n stru ctio n B i ■ I ’ s '* industry's employment is not ex pected to return to the level seen prior to the Great Recession. Other industries expected to fall short of pre-recession employment levels by 2022 include manufacturing, finan cial activities, and information. Information - which includes newspaper, directory, and book publishers, as well as software pub lishing and other firms - is forecast to be the state's slowest-growing industry (7 percent), followed by state government (9 percent). The federal government (-5 per cent) is the only major industry sec tor expected to shed jobs over the decade In an effort to raise awareness and attract competent applicants many employers are reporting they have been raising the starting wages. The average wage offered for a job vacancy is 74 cents above last year’s median at $16.05, employ ment officials said. In the latest reporting, the Port land tri-county area had 19,000job vacancies this year, more than half of the statewide total. This year also came with an in crease in minimum wage, one that saw about 150,000jobs paying $9.10 hourly, meaning on average, mini- T riM et o fficia ls re p o rte d a m ile s to n e w ith co n stru ctio n o f the P o rtla n d -M ilw a u k ie L ig h t R a il Lin e a n d mum wage porkers can expect to its c re a tio n o f 1 0 ,0 0 0 jo b s s o fa r a n d a re c o rd $ 1 5 3 m illio n in co n tra cts to m inority, w om en a n d take home $ 18,928 for 2014. o th e r d is a d v a n ta g e d b u sin e ss firm s. n o rth s northeast COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER It’s quick and easy to apply for health insurance! We can help. North by Northeast Community Health Center Saturday, April 26th 11 am - 3pm by appointment (walk-ins welcome) 3030 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Even if you don’t think you qualify, you may be eligible for financial help to make health care more affordable! If possible, please bring: • Proof of income (pay stubs or tax return) • Photo ID (driver’s license, ID card, passport, permanent residency card) o A p ril 23, 2014 COVER OREGON C all us to d a y fo r an a p p o in tm e n t! 503-287-4932 Light Rail Project Creates 10,000 Jobs Record set for business with minority and other disadvantaged firms The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project has reached a new jobs m ilestone by creating 10,298jobs, and providing a record $153 million in contracts to Disad- * vantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms. With the project now 76 percent complete and since the beginning of preliminary engineering in March 2009, the project has contracted with 507 firms, including 127 DBE firms; created 5,108 direct jobs (3,847 on site construction jobs and 1,261 professional and technical jobs); and created 5,190 indirect and in duced jobs, TriM et officials re ported. Indirect jobs include positions at suppliers of materials for the project, such as steel, concrete, wood, and more. Induced jobs are jobs created by the spending of project salaries for items such as groceries, gas, entertainment, etc. “This construction project is cre ating jobs and helping to support the regional economy,” said Don Blocher, TriMet capital projects ex ecutive director. “W e’re expanding and improving our transit system, at the same time we ’ re contracting with an unprecedented number of DBE firms and purchasing materials from local suppliers.” The 7.3-m ile project is the region’s sixth MAX construction project to be built and extends from the terminus o f the MAX Green and Yellow lines at Portland State Uni versity in downtown Portland to South Waterfront, southeast Port lan d , M ilw a u k ie and N orth Clackamas County. The line, expected to open in Septem ber next year, will have 10 stations and the first o f its kind m ulti-modal bridge that will carry light rail, buses, bikes, pedestri ans and a future Portland Street car extension, but no private ve hicles. vh cnisr «iihdixe^ty m Tllf Portland Observer t all 503-288-0013 ads<ÿ> porîkmdobsei x er.com
