Council Bluffs Jobs

Council Bluffs is the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States on the east bank of the Missouri River. As of a 2006 census estmate, the city had a total population of 60,271. Council Bluffs is several decades older than its significantly larger neighbor across the river, the city of Omaha, Nebraska, which was founded by Council Bluffs businessmen and speculators in 1854 following the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Although Council Bluffs is only the eighth largest city in Iowa, the population of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area far exceeds any other city in the state.

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Among the most common occupations in Council Bluffs are Sales and office occupations, 30%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 22%. and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 17%. Approximately 80 percent of workers in Council Bluffs, Iowa work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 5 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Council Bluffs Jobs are for administrative assistant jobs, sales representative jobs, assistant manager jobs, project manager jobs, physical therapist jobs and chief financial officer jobs.

The leading industries in Council Bluffs, Iowa are Educational, health and social services, 18%; Retail trade, 13%; and Manufacturing, 12%. Simply Hired's Council Bluffs job listings indicate that the following industries in Council Bluffs are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Investment Banking, Clinics & Outpatient Services, Securities Brokers and Securities Trading.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Council Bluffs, Iowa is $27,152, and the median income of households in Council Bluffs was $36,221.

Council Bluffs has an unemployment rate of 4.6%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Council Bluffs Trends data, the number of Council Bluffs, Iowa jobs has decreased by 58% since November 2006.

Population of Council Bluffs Total population 58,268 Male 48.39% Female 51.61% Median age 34.6     Council Bluffs Housing Owner-occupied homes 65.0% Median cost of a home $78,200 Median mortgage payment $503 Renter-occupied homes 35.0% Vacant housing 6.0% Median monthly rent $550     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,828 Median for all female full-time $23,476     Household Income Less than $10,000 9% $10,000 to $14,999 7% $15,000 to $24,999 16% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 19% $50,000 to $74,999 19% $75,000 to $99,999 8% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 6% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 13% High school graduate 39% Some college, no degree 22% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 9% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 26% Currently married 51% Separated 2% Widowed 8% Divorced 13%     Race White 96% Black or African American 1% Asian 1% Other 2%     Council Bluffs Commute Carpool 12.5% Public transportation 0.7% Average travel time 18 minutes

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