http://www.politicollision.com/story.php?title=oregon%E2%80%99s-jobs-mostly-are-government-health-care-%E2%80%94-by-category The largest number of jobs (329,234) was held by state and local government workers in 2011. Their share of the jobs pie rose from 13.1 percent in 2010 to 13.5 percent in 2011 (Graph 1). Education and health services was a very close second, capturing 329,159 jobs that year. Year over year, state and local government lost 3,015 jobs and education and health services gained 7,799. Together, manufacturing, financial activities, and retail trade shed 32,620 jobs. Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:34:29 EDT en