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24-1515-SAN
Thursday, July 25, 2024

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Occupational Employment and Wages in Bend-Redmond — May 2023

Workers in the Bend-Redmond, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.94 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that higher paying major occupational groups included healthcare practitioners and technical ($58.53), management ($54.51), and computer and mathematical ($48.79). Lower paying occupations included food preparation and serving related ($17.19), building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($19.63), and personal care and service ($19.75). (See table A.)

Occupational groups with the highest employment in the Bend area included office and administrative support (11.9 percent), food preparation and serving related (11.2 percent), and sales and related (9.8 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (0.7 percent); life, physical, and social science (1.3 percent); and architecture and engineering (1.4 percent). (See table A.)

Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the Bend metropolitan area, May 2023
Major occupational groupPercent of total employmentMean hourly wage ($)
United StatesBendUnited StatesBend

Total, all occupations

100.0100.031.4829.94

Management

6.97.266.2354.51

Business and financial operations

6.65.643.5536.99

Computer and mathematical

3.42.354.3948.79

Architecture and engineering

1.71.447.6443.13

Life, physical, and social science

0.91.342.2438.09

Community and social service

1.62.428.3630.02

Legal

0.80.764.3447.39

Educational instruction and library

5.85.031.9230.45

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

1.41.436.3128.77

Healthcare practitioners and technical

6.16.149.0758.53

Healthcare support

4.73.918.3722.44

Protective service

2.31.327.7431.95

Food preparation and serving related

8.711.216.5817.19

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

2.93.418.4319.63

Personal care and service

2.03.018.4819.75

Sales and related

8.89.825.6223.41

Office and administrative support

12.211.923.0523.07

Farming, fishing, and forestry

0.30.419.2223.23

Construction and extraction

4.15.929.5729.32

Installation, maintenance, and repair

3.93.828.1327.71

Production

5.84.822.9023.72

Transportation and material moving

9.17.222.4522.97

One occupational group—office and administrative support—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Bend had 10,790 jobs in office and administrative support, accounting for 11.9 percent of local area employment, compared to the 12.2-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $23.07, compared to the national wage of $23.05.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the office and administrative support group included bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (1,350), general office clerks (1,190), and customer service representatives (1,170). Among the higher-paying jobs in this group were public safety telecommunicators and first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers, with mean hourly wages of $31.98 and $31.94, respectively. At the lower end of the wage scale were hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ($17.43) and receptionists and information clerks ($18.48). (Detailed data for the office and administrative support occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_13460.htm.)

Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Bend area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in some of the occupations within the office and administrative support group. For instance, medical secretaries and administrative assistants were employed at 2.0 times the national rate in Bend, and hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks, at 2.0 times the U.S. average. Billing and posting clerks had a location quotient of 1.1 in Bend, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.

The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the Oregon Employment Department.

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 580 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables are available online.

Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology are available in the national Technical Notes. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.8 percent based on establishments and 64.3 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Bend-Redmond, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area included 1,517 establishments with a response rate of 66 percent.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Bend-Redmond, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Deschutes County.

For more information

Answers to frequently asked questions about the OEWS data, as well as general program documentation, are available on the OEWS website.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.


Technical Note

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 580 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels, and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. OEWS data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.

The OEWS survey is a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support, while the State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data. OEWS estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.1 million establishments. Each year, two semiannual panels of approximately 179,000 to 187,000 sampled establishments are contacted, one panel in May and the other in November. Responses are obtained by Internet or other electronic means, mail, email, telephone, or personal visit. The May 2022 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period: May 2022, November 2021, May 2021, November 2020, May 2020, and November 2019. The unweighted sampled employment of 80 million across all six semiannual panels represents approximately 57 percent of total national employment. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.4 percent based on establishments and 62.5 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Bend-Redmond, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area included 1,408 establishments with a response rate of 71 percent. For more information about OEWS concepts and methodology, go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_tec.htm.

A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that the difference has economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is concerned with the ability to make confident statements about a universe based on a sample. It is entirely possible that a large difference between two values is not significantly different statistically, while a small difference is, since both the size and heterogeneity of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Bend-Redmond, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Deschutes County.

For more information

Answers to frequently asked questions about the OEWS data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed information about the OEWS program is available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_doc.htm.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employment and wage data for office and administrative support occupations, Bend metropolitan area, May 2023
Occupation (1)EmploymentMean wages ($)
Level (2)Location quotient (3)HourlyAnnual (4)

Office and administrative support occupations

10,7901.023.0747,990

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

7300.831.9466,420

Billing and posting clerks

2801.123.9749,860

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

1,3501.524.0750,070

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

1101.227.9158,050

Procurement clerks

300.925.9654,000

Tellers

1600.819.9241,430

Court, municipal, and license clerks

500.627.9258,070

Customer service representatives

1,1700.721.9345,610

Eligibility interviewers, government programs

500.623.7849,460

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

3102.017.4336,260

Loan interviewers and clerks

800.623.5548,970

New accounts clerks

401.722.9947,820

Order clerks

400.822.9247,670

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

300.522.2046,170

Receptionists and information clerks

9801.718.4838,440

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

600.920.0141,620

Information and record clerks, all other

1802.021.0843,850

Cargo and freight agents

300.629.0760,460

Couriers and messengers

400.919.8941,360

Public safety telecommunicators

500.931.9866,520

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

1501.223.3848,620

Postal service clerks

300.727.9458,110

Postal service mail carriers

1100.627.9758,180

Production, planning, and expediting clerks

1800.825.2752,550

Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

5601.121.4744,650

Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

2200.829.1760,670

Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

500.530.1862,780

Medical secretaries and administrative assistants

9002.022.8347,480

Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive

9400.922.8147,430

Data entry keyers

600.721.2144,110

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

1701.219.7341,050

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

501.218.6538,790

Office clerks, general

1,1900.822.1946,150

Office and administrative support workers, all other

1601.522.5546,910

Footnotes:
(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in the Bend-Redmond, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_13460.htm.
(2) Estimates for detailed occupations may not sum to the totals due to rounding, and because the totals may include occupations that are not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
(4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024