Zachary Jobs

Zachary is a city located in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 11,275. As the population of East Baton Rouge Parish grows, Zachary is increasingly transforming itself from a country town to an affluent suburb of Baton Rouge. Land prices in Zachary have increased dramatically in recent years because of this, and, as of 2006, the displacement caused by Hurricane Katrina is expected to intensify this even more as former residents of New Orleans neighborhoods move northward. However, the U.S. Census Bureau released a population count for East Baton Rouge Parish, done in July 2006 but released in Mach 2007 which includes Baker, Louisiana and Zachary and found that only 19,264 displaced citizens remain in East Baton Rouge Parish which dismisses all claims about Zachary's "intensifying" growth with only a small portion of displaced citizens remaining and many still consider themselves...more

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Among the most common occupations in Zachary are Management, professional, and related occupations, 28%. Sales and office occupations, 27%. and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 16%. Approximately 71 percent of workers in Zachary, Louisiana work for companies, 22 percent work for the government and 3 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Zachary Jobs are for rn jobs, assistant store manager jobs, physical therapist jobs, sales representative jobs, sales associate jobs and reliability engineer jobs.

The leading industries in Zachary, Louisiana are Educational, health and social services, 19%; Manufacturing, 15%; and Public administration, 11%. Simply Hired's Zachary job listings indicate that the following industries in Zachary are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Catering Services, Food Service Contractors, Dam & Hydroelectric Construction and Marine & Waterway Construction.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Zachary, Louisiana is $35,118, and the median income of households in Zachary was $49,669.

Zachary has an unemployment rate of 4.3%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Zachary Trends data, the number of Zachary, Louisiana jobs has increased by 240% since March 2008.

Population of Zachary Total population 11,275 Male 47.49% Female 52.51% Median age 34.5     Zachary Housing Owner-occupied homes 78.2% Median cost of a home $104,500 Median mortgage payment $668 Renter-occupied homes 21.8% Vacant housing 5.9% Median monthly rent $518     Average Income Median for all male full-time $45,092 Median for all female full-time $25,143     Household Income Less than $10,000 6% $10,000 to $14,999 7% $15,000 to $24,999 12% $25,000 to $34,999 10% $35,000 to $49,999 16% $50,000 to $74,999 21% $75,000 to $99,999 20% $100,000 to $149,999 8% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 6% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 10% High school graduate 36% Some college, no degree 24% Associate's degree 4% Bachelor's degree 14% Graduate degree 7%     Marital Status Never married 23% Currently married 61% Separated 2% Widowed 7% Divorced 7%     Race White 70% Black or African American 29% Asian 0% Other 1%     Zachary Commute Carpool 8.0% Public transportation 0.6% Average travel time 28 minutes

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