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June 5, 2019 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 7 CAREERS Biotech Careers Briefs cont’d from pg 6 HireLive Hosts Sales Jobs Fairs in Portland, Seattle in June “ “ Participants asked to dress business professional and bring 10 to 15 resumes PHOTO COURTESY OF VISTA PATHOLOGY LABORATORY MEDFORD OREGON sized to very large,” said Oregon Bioscience As- sociation’s Executive Di- rector Liisa Bozinovic. “And the increased di- versity shows larger numbers of women and minorities work in our sector.” Oregon’s bio ecosys- tem was measured us- ing national standards and comprises five key subsectors: 1) Agricul- tural feeds and stocks, 2) Drugs and pharma- ceutical manufacturing, 3) Medical devices and equipment manufactur- ing, 4) Research, testing and medical labs, and 5) Bioscience-related distribution. The direct economic impacts in 2017 include: Corporate/firms/or- ganizations: 820 estab- lishments, $1 billion in wages, $415 million in benefits and payroll taxesLife science re- search at labs, hospitals and universities: $669 million in economic ac- tivity, $422 million in wages and federal dol- lar awards to Oregon researchers reached a Firm Size # Firms % of (# of employees) Total Firms 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-99 >100 The in- dustry is healthy and with health comes growth of Pinnacle Econom- ics who conducted the study. “The industry is healthy and with health comes growth.” He notes the employment multi- plier of 2.5 suggests for every 10 bioscience jobs, the industry supports an additional 15 jobs in other sectors of the economy. He adds the income multiplier of 1.8 shows for every $1 mil- lion in income directly generated in the biosci- ence industry, another $800,000 in income oc- curs for other workers/ industries. Oregon’s report ac- cessed government data using NAICS codes, which are used in na- % of Total Jobs Wages % of Total Wages 427 132 104 131 26 52.1% 16.1% 12.7% 16.0% 3.2% 625 855 1,467 4,998 6,658 4.3% 5.9% 10.0% 34.2% 45.6% $43.8 $56.6 $96.9 $331.7 $499.7 4.3% 5.5% 9.4% 32.2% 48.6% 820 100.0% 14,603 100.0% $1,028.8 100.0% tional bio-industry benchmarking and are comparable to the most recent report by TECon- omy/BIO found at www. Our analysis again shows bioscience industry gener- ates economic activity in every sector of the Oregon economy high: $363.4 million. “Our analysis again shows bioscience indus- try generates economic activity in every sector of the Oregon econo- my,” said Alec Josephson Jobs bio.org / value-biosci- ence-innovation-grow- ing-jobs-and-improv- ing-quality-life-2018. As an outward-facing industry, the local bio- science industry export- ed $3.8 billion in goods and services, which is 66 percent of total produc- tion. Coupled with fed- eral research awards, Oregon’s biotech sector brings more than $4 bil- lion in ‘new money’ to Oregon. Notably, the local bio- tech and health research economy is home to an increasing number of well-paid, skilled jobs held by women and mi- norities. About 46 per- cent of total bioscience and related industry jobs are held by women and 22 percent are held by minorities out of a total of 47,238 jobs in Or- egon in 2017. Additionally, Oregon bio companies/firms are varied in size and loca- tion. Of note, the bio- science industry exists in nearly every county of Oregon, with 43 per- cent of firms/companies located outside of Port- land, generating $427 million in wages and employing 6,778 per- sons. Much of the recent growth between 2014 and 2017 occurred south of Portland, alongside the I-5 corridor. “The bio sector here is thriving and contin- ues to outshine the state averages with high- er wages, more jobs, a growing number of bio companies/firms and more funding from federal sources for re- search than previous studies. It will be im- portant to protect and preserve this growth so our expanding industry can continue to support Oregon’s diverse econo- my,” added Bozinovic. Adds Bozinovic, “Na- tional BIO’s report, com- missioned by TECon- omy underscores our local findings as well, and includes more good news regarding higher venture capital funding and a higher number of bio-related patents than in previous studies.” The TEConomy re- port on Oregon can be found at www. bio.org / value-biosci- ence-innovation-grow- ing-jobs-and-improv- ing-quality-life-2018. HireLive will host a free job fair June 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Embassy Suites Hotel Sea-Tac Airport, 15920 W. 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