Hartford Jobs

Hartford is the capital of the State of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state. As of 2006, it had a population of 124,512 in the state, after Bridgeport. The region has a relatively low population of adults between the ages of 18 and 25, although Hartford itself has a relatively young population. Hartford's West End is home to Elizabeth Park, the oldest and largest municipal rose garden in the country. Hartford is also home to Bushnell, Colt, Goodwin, Rocky Ridge, Keney, Pope, and Riverside Parks.

Greater Hartford is an international center of the insurance industry, with companies such as Travelers, CIGNA, Aetna, and The Hartford based in the city. The area is also home to Colt Firearms and large corporations like United Technologies . Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hartford was a major manufacturing and publishing city but, as in many other Western industrial cities, many factories have been closed, relocated, or reduced. Hartford has long been important to insurance companies and still is occasionally called the "insurance capital of the world," though recent insurance mergers led to less employment at insurance companies in Hartford. MetLife and Lincoln Financial have cut their Hartford workforces and MassMutual has relocated its Hartford operations to Enfield, Connecticut to be closer to its headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts. Recently, though, Hartford has shown that it is still a viable business location. St. Paul Travelers has announced it will bring...more

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Among the most common occupations in Hartford are Service occupations, 25%. Sales and office occupations, 21%. and Management, professional, and related occupations, 16%. Approximately 62 percent of workers in Hartford, Connecticut work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 8 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Hartford Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, sales representative jobs, occupational therapist jobs, store manager jobs, project manager jobs and cashier jobs.

The leading industries in Hartford, Connecticut are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 19%; Retail trade, 11%; and Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 9%. Simply Hired's Hartford job listings indicate that the following industries in Hartford are hiring the most workers: Computer Makers, Computer Equipment Mfg, Computer Storage Device Mfg, Insurance and Hospitals.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Hartford, Connecticut is $30,110, and the median income of households in Hartford was $26,032.

Hartford has an unemployment rate of 19.1%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Hartford Trends data, the number of Hartford, Connecticut jobs has increased by 3% since March 2008.

Population of Hartford Total population 111,103 Male 45.00% Female 55.00% Median age 30.4     Hartford Housing Owner-occupied homes 26.3% Median cost of a home $173,200 Median mortgage payment $838 Renter-occupied homes 73.7% Vacant housing 15.7% Median monthly rent $664     Average Income Median for all workers $22,781 Median for all male full-time $32,677 Median for all female full-time $27,542     Household Income Less than $10,000 26% $10,000 to $14,999 9% $15,000 to $24,999 15% $25,000 to $34,999 11% $35,000 to $49,999 14% $50,000 to $74,999 11% $75,000 to $99,999 9% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 18% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 19% High school graduate 32% Some college, no degree 13% Associate's degree 4% Bachelor's degree 9% Graduate degree 5%     Marital Status Never married 47% Currently married 29% Separated 6% Widowed 6% Divorced 12%     Race White 28% Black or African American 41% Asian 2% Other 28%     Hartford Commute Carpool 11.0% Public transportation 15.3% Average travel time 20 minutes

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