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- 11,500 employees - Portland's largest workforce.
-OHSU has created over 4000 new jobs since 1995.
-Over half of OHSU employees are members of labor unions - AFSCME or Oregon Nurses Association.
| - Annual operating budget $1.18 billion - less than 4 percent comes from the state.
- Earns $27 in gifts, grants, contracts and service funds for every dollar the state invests.
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| Returns nearly $37 million back to the state each year through employee income taxes and other payroll taxes.
All told, OHSU generates 42,000 jobs in communities throughout Oregon and fuels $2.7 billion in regional economic activity each year.
OHSU expansion through three new buildings on Marquam Hill and at South Waterfront generates roughly 5500 construction jobs.
New facilities are expected to create about 6000 new OHSU jobs when those facilities come on-line and are staffed up for full operation.
-OHSU expansion will have significant positive impacts on the state economy, increasing total jobs generated throughout the region to over 62,700.
Research awards have nearly quadrupled over the last decade to $260 million.
-$247 million of that was funding from out of state.
-Each new federal research grant is like starting a small business in Oregon.
-New research space (part of current expansion) should allow OHSU to continue rapid pace of research growth.
Founded 16 new spin-off bioscience companies in the past 3 years.
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