Salinas Jobs

Salinas is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County in the U.S. state of California. The most current estimate from the California Department of Finance, places the 2006 population at 148,350, showing a slight decrease since 2000 which is largely attributed to the city's high cost of living. The largely suburban city is located at the mouth of the Salinas Valley roughly eight miles from the Pacific ocean and enjoys a mild climate. Salinas is known for being an agricultural center as well as being the hometown of famed writer and Nobel prize laureate John Steinbeck.

Salinas is known as the Salad Bowl of America or Salad Bowl of the World. Over 80% of the lettuce grown in the United States is grown in the Salinas Valley. The city's labor force is almost evenly divided between blue collar, 54.6%, and white collar, 45.4%. According to the 2000 US Census, 24% of the population worked in sales and office occupations, 21.4% worked in management, professional, and related occupations, 16.2% worked in service occupations, 14.9% worked in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, 14.4% worked in production, transportation, and material moving occupations, and 9.1% worked in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. Housing Prices While the median household income in Salinas remains near the national median at $50,165 , the median home price in the city has risen to $560,600. The large discrepancy between household income levels and the median home price is largely due to the recent surge in house prices, that affected coastal California...more

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Among the most common occupations in Salinas are Service occupations, 18%. Sales and office occupations, 18%. and Management, professional, and related occupations, 17%. Approximately 71 percent of workers in Salinas, California work for companies, 13 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Salinas Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, sales associate jobs, speech therapy jobs, physical therapy jobs, store manager jobs and occupational therapist jobs.

The leading industries in Salinas, California are Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining, 16%; Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 12%; and Retail trade, 12%. Simply Hired's Salinas job listings indicate that the following industries in Salinas are hiring the most workers: Blood & Organ Banks, Mail Order Retailing, Hospitals, Clinics & Outpatient Services and Department Stores.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Salinas, California is $30,840, and the median income of households in Salinas was $50,165.

Salinas has an unemployment rate of 11.4%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Salinas Trends data, the number of Salinas, California jobs has decreased by 27% since March 2008.

Population of Salinas Total population 156,950 Male 49.69% Female 50.31% Median age 27.7     Salinas Housing Owner-occupied homes 49.7% Median cost of a home $560,600 Median mortgage payment $1,633 Renter-occupied homes 50.3% Vacant housing 5.9% Median monthly rent $912     Average Income Median for all workers $18,354 Median for all male full-time $31,266 Median for all female full-time $30,413     Household Income Less than $10,000 6% $10,000 to $14,999 8% $15,000 to $24,999 13% $25,000 to $34,999 12% $35,000 to $49,999 10% $50,000 to $74,999 22% $75,000 to $99,999 12% $100,000 to $149,999 11% $150,000 to $199,999 3% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 31% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 12% High school graduate 23% Some college, no degree 16% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 9% Graduate degree 3%     Marital Status Never married 32% Currently married 53% Separated 3% Widowed 5% Divorced 7%     Race White 57% Black or African American 1% Asian 9% Other 33%     Salinas Commute Carpool 20.6% Public transportation 3.2% Average travel time 21 minutes

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