Farmington Jobs

Farmington is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It is the principal city of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a hub for much of northwestern New Mexico and the Four Corners region. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 37,844. Farmington is located at the junction of the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata rivers, on the Colorado Plateau in the northwest part of the San Juan Basin. Primary industries are natural gas, coal, and oil. Major coal mines are operated by BHP Billiton 25 to 30 km southwest of Farmington, and the coal is used for nearby electric power generation at the Four Corners Power Plant. A new coal-fired electric power-generating plant has been proposed in 2006 for the same area. The site for the proposed plant, part of the Desert Rock Energy Project of Sithe Global Power, LLC, also is within land of the Navajo Nation. Environmental effects of such plants have been controversial, in part because of...more

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Among the most common occupations in Farmington are Management, professional, and related occupations, 28%. Sales and office occupations, 25%. and Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations, 14%. Approximately 70 percent of workers in Farmington, New Mexico work for companies, 17 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Farmington Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, registered nurse-rn-nursing jobs, rn - med/surg jobs, occupational therapist jobs, registered nurse/rn-nursery jobs and nurse: emergency jobs.

The leading industries in Farmington, New Mexico are Educational, health and social services, 20%; Retail trade, 14%; and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining, 10%. Simply Hired's Farmington job listings indicate that the following industries in Farmington are hiring the most workers: Nurses & Nursing, Petroleum Refineries, Petroleum Wholesalers, Misc Store Retailers and Hospitals.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Farmington, New Mexico is $29,892, and the median income of households in Farmington was $37,663.

Farmington has an unemployment rate of 7.0%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Farmington Trends data, the number of Farmington, New Mexico jobs has increased by 56% since September 2006.

Population of Farmington Total population 37,844 Male 49.04% Female 50.96% Median age 33.6     Farmington Housing Owner-occupied homes 68.4% Median cost of a home $100,600 Median mortage payment $645 Renter-occupied homes 31.6% Vacant housing 7.3% Median monthly rent $494     Average Income Median for all male full-time $37,068 Median for all female full-time $22,717     Household Income Less than $10,000 10% $10,000 to $14,999 8% $15,000 to $24,999 14% $25,000 to $34,999 13% $35,000 to $49,999 19% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 10% $100,000 to $149,999 6% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 5% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 11% High school graduate 28% Some college, no degree 29% Associate's degree 7% Bachelor's degree 12% Graduate degree 7%     Marital Status Never married 25% Currently married 57% Separated 2% Widowed 5% Divorced 11%     Race White 73% Black or African American 1% Asian 1% Other 26%     Farmington Commute Carpool 11.5% Public transportation 0.1% Average travel time 18 minutes

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