Seattle Jobs

Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 96 miles south of the United States–Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat. Seattle was first settled November 14 1851, by Arthur A. Denny and his crew, which would subsequently become known as the Denny party. Its first name was New York, then Duwamps, then finally it was renamed Seattle after Chief Noah Sealth who was chief of the two tribes living in the area . As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 582,454 the name alludes to the lush evergreen trees in the surrounding area. It is also referred to informally as the Gateway to Alaska, Queen City, and Jet City, due to the local influence of Boeing. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites. Seattle is often regarded as the birthplace of grunge music, and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee...more

Five companies on the 2006 Fortune 500 list of the United States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are headquartered in Seattle: financial services company Washington Mutual , Internet retailer Amazon.com , department store Nordstrom , coffee chain Starbucks , and insurance company Safeco Corporation . Just shy of making the list is global logistics firm Expeditors International . Other Fortune 500 companies popularly associated with Seattle are based in nearby Puget Sound cities. Warehouse club chain Costco Wholesale Corp. , the largest company in Washington, is based in Issaquah. Microsoft , Nintendo of America, and cellular telephone pioneer McCaw Cellular , are all located in Redmond. Weyerhaeuser, the forest products company , is based in Federal Way. Finally, Renton is home to truck manufacturer PACCAR as is Bellevue to international mobile telephony giant T-Mobile's U.S. subsidiary T-Mobile USA. Also in 2006, Expansion Magazine ranked Seattle among the...more

The most popular companies with Seattle jobs are:

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Among the most common occupations in Seattle are Management, professional, and related occupations, 48%. Sales and office occupations, 20%. and Service occupations, 14%. Approximately 73 percent of workers in Seattle, Washington work for companies, 13 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Seattle Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, physical therapy jobs, occupational therapist jobs, medical assistant jobs, account executive jobs and rn jobs.

The leading industries in Seattle, Washington are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 22%; Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 15%; and Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services, 10%. Simply Hired's Seattle job listings indicate that the following industries in Seattle are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Clinics & Outpatient Services, Mail Order Retailing, Automotive Parts Stores and Music Stores.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Seattle, Washington is $45,950, and the median income of households in Seattle was $49,297.

Seattle has an unemployment rate of 6.4%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Seattle Trends data, the number of Seattle, Washington jobs has increased by 13% since March 2008.

Population of Seattle Total population 536,946 Male 50.29% Female 49.71% Median age 36.8     Seattle Housing Owner-occupied homes 49.9% Median cost of a home $384,900 Median mortgage payment $1,353 Renter-occupied homes 50.1% Vacant housing 6.1% Median monthly rent $804     Average Income Median for all workers $32,531 Median for all male full-time $49,863 Median for all female full-time $42,037     Household Income Less than $10,000 10% $10,000 to $14,999 6% $15,000 to $24,999 11% $25,000 to $34,999 10% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 11% $100,000 to $149,999 12% $150,000 to $199,999 5% $200,000 or more 5%

Education Less than 9th grade 3% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 5% High school graduate 14% Some college, no degree 18% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 32% Graduate degree 20%     Marital Status Never married 40% Currently married 41% Separated 2% Widowed 5% Divorced 12%     Race White 72% Black or African American 9% Asian 15% Other 5%     Seattle Commute Carpool 10.3% Public transportation 17.0% Average travel time 23 minutes

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