Healthcare is a key driver of employment growth at both the national and local level.
Healthcare added jobs throughout the Great Recession, nationally and locally; the only major industry to do so. With more than 120,000 jobs and a payroll over $10 billion, health care accounts for 10% of the Portland-Vancouver metro area’s (PVMA) private sector employment and 10% of payroll.
The healthcare sector contributes approximately $11.1 billion to the metro area’s gross domestic product in 2021 —…
