Sugar Land Jobs

|- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" | City nickname: "The Land of Sugar" |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" | City slogan: "Sugar Land...There is No Equal" |- | colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" | Official website: www.sugarlandtx.gov |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; text-align: center;" | Location |- |align="center" colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;" | Location within the State of Texas |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; text-align: center;" | Government |- ! County | Fort Bend County |- ! Mayor | David G. Wallace |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; text-align: center;" | Geographical characteristics |- ! Area | style="white-space: nowrap;" | 29.08 mi² / 75.3 km² |- style="text-indent: 1em;" ! Land | style="white-space: nowrap;" | 28.28 mi² / 73.2km² |- style="text-indent: 1em;" ! Water | style="white-space: nowrap;" | 0.8 mi² / 2.1 km² |-...more

Sugar Land hosts its economy through diversification, corporate vitality, and quality of life and was ranked as one of the “Top Cities in Texas� for business relocation and expansion by both Outlook Magazine and Texas Business. Industries calling Sugar Land home are as diverse as its resident population. Ranging from semiconductors to seismic-data equipment, Sugar Land industry has grown dramatically over the past 10 years. The city has attracted numerous high-profile regional and international corporate relocations in a variety of industries including engineering, construction, technical services, energy exploration and production, technology and research, electronics and communications. Even though still commonly known as a "new money" residential suburb of Houston, Sugar Land does have a significant corporate presence. Like the rest of the Greater Houston area, much of the larger corporations are engaged in the energy industry, specifically oil/gas exploration and refining. The...more

The most popular companies with Sugar Land jobs are:

ConocoPhillips Company	Research Company	Who Do I Know?	Find People
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Among the most common occupations in Sugar Land are Management, professional, and related occupations, 66%. Sales and office occupations, 37%. and Service occupations, 9%. Approximately 78 percent of workers in Sugar Land, Texas work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Sugar Land Jobs are for project manager jobs, administrative assistant jobs, physical therapist jobs, office assistant jobs, electrical engineer jobs and receptionist jobs.

The leading industries in Sugar Land, Texas are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 27%; Retail trade, 17%; and Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 17%. Simply Hired's Sugar Land job listings indicate that the following industries in Sugar Land are hiring the most workers: Oil & Gas Field Machinery Mfg, Synthetic Dye & Pigment Mfg, Cyclic Crude Mfg, Petrochemical Mfg and Misc Information Services.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Sugar Land, Texas is $55,037, and the median income of households in Sugar Land was $86,231.

Sugar Land has an unemployment rate of 4.1%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Sugar Land Trends data, the number of Sugar Land, Texas jobs has increased by 33% since November 2006.

Population of Sugar Land Total population 69,344 Male 48.83% Female 51.17% Median age 35.4     Sugar Land Housing Owner-occupied homes 86.2% Median cost of a home $193,700 Median mortgage payment $1,136 Renter-occupied homes 13.8% Vacant housing 1.4% Median monthly rent $1,072     Average Income Median for all workers $38,102 Median for all male full-time $60,348 Median for all female full-time $49,726     Household Income Less than $10,000 2% $10,000 to $14,999 3% $15,000 to $24,999 7% $25,000 to $34,999 7% $35,000 to $49,999 5% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 16% $100,000 to $149,999 22% $150,000 to $199,999 9% $200,000 or more 12%

Education Less than 9th grade 3% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3% High school graduate 13% Some college, no degree 17% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 37% Graduate degree 22%     Marital Status Never married 25% Currently married 66% Separated 1% Widowed 3% Divorced 5%     Race White 62% Black or African American 4% Asian 32% Other 2%     Sugar Land Commute Carpool 0.0% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 27 minutes

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