Beaverton Jobs

Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley. As of May 2006, its population is estimated to be 84,270, 9.1% more than the 2000 census figure of 76,129. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city. Beaverton's controversial annexation plans during the next decade are likely to result in major growth in both population and area.

Reser's Fine Foods, processor and distributor of fresh prepared foods, has headquartered in Beaverton since 1960. Beaverton is home to the world headquarters of Nike, Inc. Its headquarters are located on an unincorporated area inside, but excluded from, Beaverton city limits. More recently, Beaverton is the headquarters of Tektronix, which manufactures electronics including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. As part of the Silicon Forest, Beaverton is the home of the Open Source Development Labs and the Linux Technology Center of IBM .

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Among the most common occupations in Beaverton are Management, professional, and related occupations, 42%. Sales and office occupations, 28%. and Service occupations, 18%. Approximately 80 percent of workers in Beaverton, Oregon work for companies, 9 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Beaverton Jobs are for registered nurse jobs, physical therapist jobs, occupational therapist jobs, resource nurse jobs, sales representative jobs and store manager jobs.

The leading industries in Beaverton, Oregon are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 17%; Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 15%; and Retail trade, 14%. Simply Hired's Beaverton job listings indicate that the following industries in Beaverton are hiring the most workers: Home Health Care, Application Service Providers, Clinics & Outpatient Services, Software Makers and Photoelectric Cell Mfg.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Beaverton, Oregon is $40,383, and the median income of households in Beaverton was $50,884.

Beaverton has an unemployment rate of 4.6%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

Population of Beaverton Total population 83,447 Male 49.92% Female 50.08% Median age 32.8     Beaverton Housing Owner-occupied homes 53.3% Median cost of a home $249,800 Median mortgage payment $1,148 Renter-occupied homes 46.7% Vacant housing 6.2% Median monthly rent $763     Average Income Median for all workers $31,008 Median for all male full-time $45,150 Median for all female full-time $35,616     Household Income Less than $10,000 6% $10,000 to $14,999 6% $15,000 to $24,999 10% $25,000 to $34,999 12% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 21% $75,000 to $99,999 13% $100,000 to $149,999 11% $150,000 to $199,999 3% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 3% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 4% High school graduate 19% Some college, no degree 23% Associate's degree 8% Bachelor's degree 29% Graduate degree 15%     Marital Status Never married 29% Currently married 52% Separated 3% Widowed 5% Divorced 11%     Race White 75% Black or African American 3% Asian 13% Other 9%     Beaverton Commute Carpool 9.2% Public transportation 8.8% Average travel time 24 minutes

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