The Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals. The sector includes both health care and social assistance because it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the boundaries of these two activities. The industries in this sector are arranged on a continuum starting with those establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance, and finally finishing with those providing only social assistance. (more...)
The services provided by establishments in this sector are delivered by trained professionals. All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of health practitioners or social workers with the requisite expertise. Many of the industries in the sector are defined based on the educational degree held by the practitioners included in the industry.
Excluded from this sector are aerobic classes in Subsector 713, Amusement, Gambling and Recreation Industries and nonmedical diet and weight reducing centers in Subsector 812, Personal and Laundry Services. Although these can be viewed as health services, these services are not typically delivered by health practitioners.
(hide description)
Employment, Payroll and Business Establishments
for NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance
in the Oregon-Washington WIRED Region
Year
Avg Emp
Total Payroll
Avg Pay per Worker
Business Estabs.
2003
112,140
$4,042,607,156
$36,050
6,171
2004
114,727
$4,341,398,609
$37,841
6,400
2005
118,164
$4,619,757,672
$39,096
6,606
2006
121,822
$4,979,036,679
$40,871
6,842
2007
125,804
$5,373,935,524
$42,717
7,132
2008
130,854
$5,812,909,852
$44,423
7,299
2009
133,693
$6,058,934,384
$45,320
7,164
The above data is taken from quarterly unemployment tax records.
Employment changes between December and January of each year may be due in part to corrections to industry classification and/or geographic classification of some firms.
Source: Oregon Employment Department
Location Quotient: The ratio of the local percentage of employment in a given industry to the national percentage of employment in the same industry.
An LQ greater than 1 indicates a higher-than-average concentration of employment in the given industry.
National Growth: The change in local employment that would have occurred for a specific industry had
it grown at the national growth rate of all industries combined.
Industry Mix: The additional gain (or loss) in local employment that would have occurred for a specific
industry (additional to the national growth effect) due to the industry growing faster (or slower) nationally
than the rate of all industries combined.
Regional Shift: The additional gain (or loss) in local employment for a specific industry beyond the national
growth and industry mix effects resulting from the industry growing faster (or slower) than the same
industry nationally.
Source: Oregon Employment Department
Industry Staffing Patterns: Major Occupations
related to NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance in the Oregon-Washington WIRED Region
Occupational experience is largely self-reported.
Applicants counts include only those registered with the Oregon Employment Department.
They do not represent all job applicants across the WIRED region.
Applicants may be listed under multiple occupational categories, so summing applicant counts across occupational classifications will result in some double-counting.
Source: Oregon Employment Department
Job Vacancies
related to NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance in the Oregon-Washington WIRED Region, Fall 2010
