Buffalo Jobs

Buffalo is an American city in western New York. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 292,648. The Buffalo area is adjacent to the Golden Horseshoe, an urban region in southern Ontario. Buffalo lies at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the southern head of the Niagara River, which connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Buffalo and the surrounding area was long involved in railroad commerce, steel, and automobile production. This includes the Pierce-Arrow Corporation. While major steel production no longer exists, several smaller steel mills remain in operation. In addition, Ford maintains operation of its Buffalo Stamping Plant south of the city, and Chevrolet has two plants, a production plant in Tonawanda near the city line, and a tool and die plant in the city. The windshield wiper was invented in Buffalo, and the Trico company still operates some facilities there. For many years, Buffalo was the nation's second largest rail center, with Chicago being the first. In the 21st century, Buffalo has increasingly become a center for bioinformatics and human genome research, including work by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. This consortium is known as the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. It also includes: Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center, Buffalo Medical...more

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Among the most common occupations in Buffalo are Management, professional, and related occupations, 24%. Sales and office occupations, 23%. and Service occupations, 21%. Approximately 63 percent of workers in Buffalo, New York work for companies, 18 percent work for the government and 3 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Buffalo Jobs are for market researcher jobs, registered nurse jobs, teller jobs, project manager jobs, rn critical care jobs and store manager jobs.

The leading industries in Buffalo, New York are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 26%; Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 9%; and Manufacturing, 8%. Simply Hired's Buffalo job listings indicate that the following industries in Buffalo are hiring the most workers: Commercial Banking, Industrial Loan Companies, Savings Institutions, Savings & Loans and Hospitals.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Buffalo, New York is $34,486, and the median income of households in Buffalo was $27,311.

Buffalo has an unemployment rate of 15.4%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Buffalo Trends data, the number of Buffalo, New York jobs has decreased by 18% since November 2006.

Population of Buffalo Total population 256,492 Male 46.79% Female 53.21% Median age 34.2     Buffalo Housing Owner-occupied homes 41.8% Median cost of a home $60,800 Median mortgage payment $501 Renter-occupied homes 58.2% Vacant housing 16.8% Median monthly rent $586     Average Income Median for all workers $21,517 Median for all male full-time $39,345 Median for all female full-time $29,628     Household Income Less than $10,000 19% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 17% $25,000 to $34,999 13% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 13% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 7% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 13% High school graduate 32% Some college, no degree 21% Associate's degree 8% Bachelor's degree 10% Graduate degree 9%     Marital Status Never married 46% Currently married 30% Separated 4% Widowed 8% Divorced 12%     Race White 51% Black or African American 42% Asian 3% Other 5%     Buffalo Commute Carpool 9.7% Public transportation 11.7% Average travel time 20 minutes

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