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• U.S. subsidiaries in Oregon play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 47,400 Oregonians.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood for 3.3% of Oregon’s private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 11,100 manufacturing jobs in Oregon. Manufacturing companies tend to have a strong “multiplier” effect on the economy—stimulating a substantial amount of activity and jobs in other sectors through their demand for inputs from other suppliers.
• More than 5% of manufacturing jobs in Oregon are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Oregon is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Nearly 25% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

• U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions of American jobs. They now employ 5.1 million Americans-or 4.4% of private sector employment.
• U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $335.9 billion.
• U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation per U.S. worker of $66,042; this is 32% higher than compensation at all U.S. companies.
• U.S. subsidiaries also spent $121 billion on plant construction and new equipment.
• U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.

Solarworld, a U.S. subsidiary of a German energy company, purchased a facility in Hillsboro, Oregon for a new production facility that is expected to become the largest solar factory in North America once the plant reaches its projected capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) by 2009. State officials hope a new generation of Oregon technology employment will spring from the formerly unused Hillsboro chip factory, where SolarWorld Group will invest $400 million, hiring as many as 1,000.