2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Milwaukie, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Milwaukie has been positive.
- Milwaukie has 1.6% less unemployment than Lake Oswego.
- Milwaukie job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Lake Oswego, ORMilwaukie, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock3.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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Reviews for Milwaukie    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Beautiful place to live. Just enough liberals in the Portland Metro area. High unemployment right now but never a great time to buy a house.  More

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Over 10 years ago

Since I moved in March 2014 the cost of rent has increased including all of the Portland Metro area. The Oregon state minimum wage is 9.25 hr and there is no sales tax  More

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Over 15 years ago

Beautiful place to live. Too many liberals in the Portland Metro area. High unemployment right now but great time to buy a  More

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