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APPENDIX F <br /> <br />Summary of Other Economic Statistics and Circumstances <br /> <br />The Important Role of Manufacturing in Lane County's Economy <br /> <br />In Lane County, manufacturing's share of industry mix over the last 22 years has gone <br />from 21,250 jobs and 22 percent of total employment in 1978 to 23,660 jobs and 17 <br />percent in 2000 (Graph 1). Over the same period, the services industry has increased its <br />share of industry mix from 17 percent to 27 percent, and lumber and wood products <br />employment decreased by 7,172 jobs, almost 50 percent. The result is a higher percent of <br />people working in the lower wage service sector, and a widening wage gap when <br />compared to Oregon and the nation (Graph 2). In 1978, annual average wages were <br />$32,830 in Lane County. By 2002, inflation adjusted wages had reached $29,450 after <br />bottoming out in 1990 at $26,950. <br /> <br /> Lane County Historic Indus~ Mix Change <br /> {SIC b,.~ed) <br /> <br /> For., & Fl*h <br /> <br /> Ce~ien & ~g <br /> <br /> OMl~y <br /> <br /> O O~ GA O, t 5 0:2 0.25 <br /> <br /> <br />