Lancaster Jobs

Lancaster, is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the county seat of Lancaster County. With a population of 55,351, it is the 8th largest city in Pennsylvania, behind Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading, Scranton, and Bethlehem. Locally, Lancaster is pronounced as LANK-i-stir, rather than the more common pronunciation LANG-CAS-ter .

Lancaster suffers from high unemployment, especially in the southeastern quadrant.This area, which includes census tracts 8, 9, 15, and 16, had unemployment rates of 10.9%, 10.1%, 3.5%, and 9.0% , respectively, in 1999, when the rest of the county was 4.9%. The Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board sees a persistent problem in underemployment: "People are working but surviving just on the edge of poverty." Outside the city, however, employment has increased 18% by adding 34,900 jobs between the years 1999 and 2002. Lancaster City has been in the process of recreating itself recently with an explosion of specialty shops, boutiques, bars, clubs, and reinvestment in downtown institutions and locations making it a more desirable place to live. Since 1999, the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority, Penn Square Partners and the City's Redevelopment Authority have pursued a controversial plan to build a 300-room Marriott Hotel and a 220,000-square-foot taxpayer funded...more

Among the most common occupations in Lancaster are Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 25%; Sales and office occupations, 23%; and Management, professional, and related occupations, 20%. Approximately 82 percent of workers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania work for companies, 7 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Lancaster, Pennsylvania are Manufacturing, 22%; Educational, health and social services, 18%; and Retail trade, 12%. Simply Hired's Lancaster job listings indicate that the following industries in Lancaster are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is $24,848, and the median income of households in Lancaster was $29,770.

According to our Lancaster Trends data, the number of Lancaster, Pennsylvania jobs has increased by 34% since October 2011.

Population of Lancaster Total population 56,348 Male 48.76% Female 51.24% Median age 30.4     Lancaster Housing Owner-occupied homes 46.6% Median cost of a home $71,300 Median mortgage payment $551 Renter-occupied homes 53.4% Vacant housing 9.1% Median monthly rent $488     Average Income Median for all male full-time $27,833 Median for all female full-time $21,862     Household Income Less than $10,000 14% $10,000 to $14,999 9% $15,000 to $24,999 18% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 20% $50,000 to $74,999 15% $75,000 to $99,999 5% $100,000 to $149,999 2% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 12% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 21% High school graduate 36% Some college, no degree 13% Associate's degree 3% Bachelor's degree 10% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 40% Currently married 38% Separated 4% Widowed 7% Divorced 12%     Race White 64% Black or African American 15% Asian 3% Other 19%     Lancaster Commute Carpool 15.5% Public transportation 6.5% Average travel time 20 minutes