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By job tipster | March 15, 2009
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Currently the city is the largest city in the state and the 40th largest in the country.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Virginia Beach has the longest pleasure beach in the world, which has caused it to be a very popular resort city. Because of the large number of visitors, Virginia Beach has a thriving tourism industry. On top of this, in 2006 Money Magazine voted the area as the 6th Best Big City in the country to live in.
The area was first inhabited by the Chesepian native tribe. Englishmen first landed at the beach on April 26, 1607, although it was not until around 1622 that anyone settled near by. Virginia Beach did not become and independent city until 1952.
Virginia Beach’s Job Market
Virginia Beach’s fastest growing jobs are: home health aides, network systems and data communications analysts, personal and home care aides, marriage and family therapists, computer software engineers (applications), survey researches, veterinary technologists and technicians, industrial engineers, social and human service assistants and interpreters and translators.
The fastest growing industries are: leisure, hospitality and tourism, government, retail and health and educational services.
High wage occupations are: anesthesiologists, chief executives, dentists (general), family and general practitioners, obstetricians and gynecologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, physicians and surgeons (all other specialties), prosthodontists and psychiatrists.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes
Virginia Beach’s unemployment rate: 5.3 percent (December 2008)
National unemployment rate: 8.1 percent
Virginia Beach’s Largest Employers
American Systems Engineering
2829 Guardian Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Amerigroup
4425 Corporation Ln.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Manpower
5350 Kempsriver Dr. #115,
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
Geico Direct
1064 Lynnhaven Pky.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Gold Key Resorts
1081 19th Street
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Stihl
536 Viking Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Christian Broadcasting Network
977 Centerville Tpke
Virginia Beach, VA 23463
Lillian Vernon
2600 International Pkwy
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
MILCOM Systems
532 Viking Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
UPS
576 N. Birdneck Rd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
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Surrounding Area Job Search
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Roanoke, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Ashburn, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Continuing Education
Regent University
Atlantic University
Old Dominion University
Norfolk State University
University of Virginia (Satellite campus)
Virginia Tech (Satellite campus)
Virginia Wesleyan College
ECPI College of Technology
Discovering Virginia Beach
Hampton Roads Piranhas (men’s soccer)
Hampton Roads Piranhas (women’s soccer)
East Coast Surfing Championships
Virginia Beach National
Hell’s Point Golf Club
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Ocean Breeze Waterpark
Adventure Cruise
Greater Virginia Beach Statistics
Population
Total Population: 435,619
Under 18: 27.5 percent
White: 71.4 percent
Black: 19.0 percent
American Indian:
0.4 percent
Asian: 4.9 percent
Other: 0.1 percent
Multi-racial: 2.7 percent
Hispanic: 4.2 percent
Education
High school graduates: 90.4 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 28.1 percent
Housing
Households: 154,455
Persons per household: 2.7
Housing units: 162,277
Homeownership rate: 65.5 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $123,200
Income
Average Salary: $38,000
Median household income: $48,705
Per capita income: $22,365
Persons below poverty: 6.5 percent
Transportation
Airports: Norfolk International Airport
Railroads: Amtrak
Public Mass Transit: Greyhound/Trailways
Weather
Annual precipitation: 45.97 inches
High temp. in July: 87 degrees Fahrenheit
Low temp. in Jan: 33 degrees Fahrenheit
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