Bloomington Jobs

Bloomington is a city in south central Indiana. Located about 50 miles southwest of Indianapolis, it is the seat of Monroe County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Bloomington had a total population of 69,291, making it the 7 th largest city in Indiana. Bloomington is the home of Indiana University's flagship campus , attended by approximately 40,000 students, the original and largest campus of the Indiana University system. It is also the home of the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, the Kinsey Institute, and The Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute. Bloomington's Indiana University campus is regarded as one of the most beautiful in the nation. In 1991, Thomas Gaines, a landscape artist, published a book, The Campus As a Work of Art, in which he named the Bloomington campus one of the five most beautiful campuses in America. Most of the campus buildings are built of Indiana limestone. Due to the presence of the university, Bloomington is more diverse demographically than...more

Among the most common occupations in Bloomington are Management, professional, and related occupations, 32%; Sales and office occupations, 19%; and Service occupations, 14%. Approximately 65 percent of workers in Bloomington, Indiana work for companies, 26 percent work for the government and 5 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Bloomington, Indiana are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 29%; Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services, 10%; and Retail trade, 8%. Simply Hired's Bloomington job listings indicate that the following industries in Bloomington are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Bloomington, Indiana is $34,020, and the median income of households in Bloomington was $22,589.

According to our Bloomington Trends data, the number of Bloomington, Indiana jobs has increased by 41% since October 2011.

Population of Bloomington Total population 55,406 Male 48.24% Female 51.76% Median age 26.9     Bloomington Housing Owner-occupied homes 34.9% Median cost of a home $150,600 Median mortgage payment $781 Renter-occupied homes 65.1% Vacant housing 15.2% Median monthly rent $634     Average Income Median for all workers $15,717 Median for all male full-time $36,300 Median for all female full-time $31,739     Household Income Less than $10,000 30% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 12% $25,000 to $34,999 10% $35,000 to $49,999 13% $50,000 to $74,999 10% $75,000 to $99,999 7% $100,000 to $149,999 5% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 1% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 6% High school graduate 15% Some college, no degree 20% Associate's degree 4% Bachelor's degree 27% Graduate degree 27%     Marital Status Never married 51% Currently married 34% Separated 1% Widowed 4% Divorced 9%     Race White 87% Black or African American 4% Asian 8% Other 1%     Bloomington Commute Carpool 7.9% Public transportation 2.2% Average travel time 14 minutes