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Parkersburg, WV vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Salem has been positive.
- Salem has 1.3% more unemployment than Parkersburg.
- Salem job growth has increased by 12.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Parkersburg, WVSalem, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.5%6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth17.9%40.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.1%-2.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%0.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.6%6.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%12.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Parkersburg    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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Over 14 years ago

Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no  More

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Have worked at St Josephs for the past 11 weeks as a travel RN in the CVICU. A very friendly hospital, great hospitalist and physician availability with CV surgeons of  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
26101 26104
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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