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By job tipster | October 20, 2008
New York City, New York
New York City was originally founded by the Dutch in 1624 as a commercial trading post. Between 1785 to 1790, The Big Apple served as the capital of the U.S.
New York City is now the most populated city in the United States and ranked among the urban metros in the world. Home of the United Nations headquarters, NYC is an important area for international affairs. The presence of the New York Stock Exchange has made the city a huge center for the finance industry since World War II.
Also known as the city that never sleeps, several cultural movements have been born in New York City, including the Harlem Renaissance and abstract expressionism.
New York City’s Job Market
New York City’s fastest growing jobs are: network systems analysts, data communications analysts, home health aides, computer software engineers, medical assistants.
The fastest growing industries are: healthcare, biotechnology and the service industry.
High wage occupations are: Airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers, anesthesiologists, chief executives, family and general practitioners, general internists, obstetricians and gynecologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, surgeons, and sales manages.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 40 minutes
New York City’s unemployment rate: 5.8 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.1 percent
New York City’s Largest Employers
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
4 World Financial Ctr
250 Vesey St # 4
New York, NY 10080-0002
MT Sinai Medical Center
1900 5th Ave
New York, NY 10029
Columbia University Medical Center
622 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Memorial Sloan Kettering
1275 York Ave # Mri1026
New York, NY 10065
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical
525 E 68th St
New York, NY 10065
American Express Co.
200 Vesey St
New York, NY 10285
New York Presbyterian Healthcare
525 E 68th St
New York, NY 10065
St. Vincent Medical Center
153 W 11th St
New York, NY 10011
Bear Stearns Co. Inc
383 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10179
Pfizer Inc.
235 E 42nd St
New York, NY 10017
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
NYJobSource.com
NYCareers.com
New York Job Source
New York City Government Jobs
Surrounding Area Job Search
Albany, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Buffalo, New York
Syracuse, New York
Newark, New Jersey
Continuing Education
City University of New York
Fashion Institute of Technology
State University of New York
Barnard College
Columbia University
Cooper Union
Fordham University
New York university
The New School
Yeshiva University
St. John’s University
The Juilliard School
The School of Visual Arts
Discovering New York City
New York Yankees
New York Mets
New York Giants
New York Jets
New York Rangers
New York Knicks
Statue of Liberty
Broadway
Carnegie Hall
Radio City Music Hall
Madison Square Garden
Greater New York City Statistics
Population
Total Population: 8,214,426
Under 18: 24.2 percent
White: 44.7 percent
Black: 26.6 percent
American Indian: 0.5 percent
Asian: 9.8 percent
Other: 0.1 percent
Multi-racial: 4.9 percent
Hispanic: 27.0 percent
Education
High school graduates: 72.3 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 27.4 percent
Housing
Households: 3,021,588
Persons per household: 2.59
Housing units: 3,200,912
Homeownership rate: 30.2 percent
Persons per household: 2.59
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $211,900
Income
Median household income: $38,293
Per capita income: $22,402
Persons below poverty: 21.2 percent
Transportation
Airports: John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia.
Railroads: Amtrak
Public Mass Transit: New York City Subway system
Weather
Annual precipitation: 46 minutes
High temp. in July: 84 degrees F
Low temp. in Jan: 26 degrees F
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