Portland Ranks #10 for Best Job Growth Nationwide
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Portland ranks #10 out of large metro cities for best job growth in a study by Forbes.com.
Despite bigger losses in overall employment than the other top large American cities, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton rounds out the top 10 with only a small decline in job growth (2.2%) from 2007 to 2008. Its education and health-services sectors continued to grow, gaining 3.2% last year. Since 2006, Portland’s employment prospects have steadily improved; it jumped from a 30th-place rank among large cities to 11th last year.
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