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Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California and was incorporated in 1894. It is a major suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area and located about 25 miles east of Oakland. According to the city's website, the city has a total population of 67,724. In 2005, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. Pleasanton is home to the headquarters of Safeway Inc. and the now-defunct PeopleSoft. Both Oracle and Kaiser Permanente have offices on the former PeopleSoft headquarters in Hacienda Business Park. Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a few county offices and a courthouse are located in Pleasanton. Additionally, the main county jail is just a stone's throw away in the neighboring city of Dublin. The Alameda County Fairgrounds are located in Pleasanton, and the annual County Fair is held there during the last week of June and the first week of July. Pleasanton is sometimes referred to as "P-Town," which sometimes is a...more

Pleasanton experienced a major economic boom starting in the early 1980s, largely associated with the development of a number of business parks, the largest of which is the Hacienda Business Park. These host a number of campus-like clusters of low-rise and medium-rise office buildings. Pleasanton has been successful in attracting a number of corporate headquarters, such as those of Safeway, Inc., Thoratec Corporation, Polycom, Shaklee Corporation, and Ross Stores. Despite an increase in office space vacancy rates in 2000-2004, economic development has remained strong through the middle of the decade. Pleasanton was also the headquarters of the former PeopleSoft, Inc. , E-Loan , Spreckels Sugar Company , and the home loan operation of Providian . Oracle maintains the former Peoplesoft campus as a major division, and is the second-largest employer in Pleasanton, behind Safeway. In addition, Pleasanton is the site of a large AT&T campus, formerly that of SBC Communications. Other...more

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Among the most common occupations in Pleasanton are Management, professional, and related occupations, 50%. Sales and office occupations, 23%. and Service occupations, 8%. Approximately 79 percent of workers in Pleasanton, California work for companies, 12 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Pleasanton Jobs are for software engineer jobs, senior software engineer jobs, physical therapist jobs, project manager jobs, product manager jobs and sales associate jobs.

The leading industries in Pleasanton, California are Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 16%; Manufacturing, 15%; and Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 14%. Simply Hired's Pleasanton job listings indicate that the following industries in Pleasanton are hiring the most workers: Internet Service Providers, Online Information Vendors, Software Makers, Photoelectric Cell Mfg and Hospitals.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Pleasanton, California is $78,410, and the median income of households in Pleasanton was $101,022.

Pleasanton has an unemployment rate of 2.6%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Pleasanton Trends data, the number of Pleasanton, California jobs has decreased by 11% since March 2008.

Population of Pleasanton Total population 67,018 Male 48.61% Female 51.39% Median age 39.6     Pleasanton Housing Owner-occupied homes 74.3% Median cost of a home $801,800 Median mortgage payment $1,923 Renter-occupied homes 25.7% Vacant housing 3.1% Median monthly rent $1,306     Average Income Median for all workers $51,212 Median for all male full-time $95,007 Median for all female full-time $61,814     Household Income Less than $10,000 2% $10,000 to $14,999 1% $15,000 to $24,999 4% $25,000 to $34,999 4% $35,000 to $49,999 9% $50,000 to $74,999 13% $75,000 to $99,999 15% $100,000 to $149,999 29% $150,000 to $199,999 9% $200,000 or more 13%

Education Less than 9th grade 1% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2% High school graduate 13% Some college, no degree 19% Associate's degree 9% Bachelor's degree 36% Graduate degree 20%     Marital Status Never married 22% Currently married 63% Separated 1% Widowed 3% Divorced 11%     Race White 74% Black or African American 2% Asian 19% Other 5%     Pleasanton Commute Carpool 5.7% Public transportation 4.6% Average travel time 27 minutes

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