Sharon Jobs

Sharon is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in the United States, 75 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Sharon was settled in 1795, incorporated as a borough on October 6, 1841, and became a city on December 17, 1918. Thanks to its large coal deposits, Sharon was once a major industrial center, with rolling mills, boiler and machine shops, furnaces, flour mills, ordnance works, and manufactories of explosives, nails, horse collars, spokes, chains, stoves, and lumber products. In 1900, the population was 8,916 persons; in 1910, 15,270 persons; in 1920, 21,747 persons; and 25,622 people lived in Sharon in 1940. Today there is still some steel and metalworking as well as other manufacturing, but like most of America the city has been the victim of deindustrialization; despite the reclamation of several industrial sites and investments from manufacturing businesses, most of the city's job growth today is in the service sector. The population was 16,328 at the 2000 census. A quirky...more

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Among the most common occupations in Sharon are Management, professional, and related occupations, 24%. Sales and office occupations, 22%. and Service occupations, 22%. Approximately 78 percent of workers in Sharon, Pennsylvania work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Sharon Jobs are for occupational therapist jobs, physical therapist jobs, crew jobs, assistant manager jobs, cashier jobs and sales representative jobs.

The leading industries in Sharon, Pennsylvania are Educational, health and social services, 21%; Manufacturing, 18%; and Retail trade, 13%. Simply Hired's Sharon job listings indicate that the following industries in Sharon are hiring the most workers: Catering Services, Food Service Contractors, Home Health Care, Commercial Banking and Misc Store Retailers.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Sharon, Pennsylvania is $25,530, and the median income of households in Sharon was $26,945.

Sharon has an unemployment rate of 7.9%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Sharon Trends data, the number of Sharon, Pennsylvania jobs has decreased by 39% since March 2008.

Population of Sharon Total population 16,328 Male 46.89% Female 53.11% Median age 38.4     Sharon Housing Owner-occupied homes 62.9% Median cost of a home $47,300 Median mortgage payment $403 Renter-occupied homes 37.1% Vacant housing 8.1% Median monthly rent $403     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,072 Median for all female full-time $20,988     Household Income Less than $10,000 16% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 20% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 16% $50,000 to $74,999 13% $75,000 to $99,999 5% $100,000 to $149,999 3% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 5% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 15% High school graduate 44% Some college, no degree 16% Associate's degree 5% Bachelor's degree 10% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 27% Currently married 47% Separated 4% Widowed 10% Divorced 12%     Race White 88% Black or African American 11% Asian 0% Other 0%     Sharon Commute Carpool 11.4% Public transportation 1.0% Average travel time 16 minutes

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