New Haven Jobs

New Haven is the second- or third-largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport and possibly Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000. It is in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor, on the northern coast of Long Island Sound. Founded in 1638, New Haven could be considered to be the oldest formally planned community in the United States due to the original grid of four streets by four streets. This created what is now commonly known as the "Nine Squares," now the center of Downtown New Haven. The city instituted the first public tree planting program in America, eventually producing a canopy of mature trees that gave New Haven the nickname "The Elm City." The city is best known as the home of Yale University and the National Historic Landmark New Haven Green. Along with Yale, healthcare , professional services , financial services and retail trade form the base of the economy. Since the mid-1990s, the city's downtown area and many of its neighborhoods have seen...more

Though New Haven's economy originally was based in manufacturing, Yale University has caused a large shift in the city's economic support. Over half of the city's economy is now made up of services, in particular education and healthcare, with Yale as the city's largest employer, followed by Yale New Haven Hospital.

Among the most common occupations in New Haven are Management, professional, and related occupations, 36%; Sales and office occupations, 20%; and Service occupations, 18%. Approximately 75 percent of workers in New Haven, Connecticut work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 5 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in New Haven, Connecticut are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 33%; Manufacturing, 9%; and Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 7%. Simply Hired's New Haven job listings indicate that the following industries in New Haven are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in New Haven, Connecticut is $33,630, and the median income of households in New Haven was $30,603.

According to our New Haven Trends data, the number of New Haven, Connecticut jobs has decreased by 8% since October 2011.

Population of New Haven Total population 108,412 Male 46.54% Female 53.46% Median age 30.7     New Haven Housing Owner-occupied homes 28.7% Median cost of a home $188,200 Median mortgage payment $906 Renter-occupied homes 71.3% Vacant housing 10.2% Median monthly rent $814     Average Income Median for all workers $24,845 Median for all male full-time $35,161 Median for all female full-time $32,098     Household Income Less than $10,000 20% $10,000 to $14,999 12% $15,000 to $24,999 11% $25,000 to $34,999 15% $35,000 to $49,999 13% $50,000 to $74,999 12% $75,000 to $99,999 7% $100,000 to $149,999 6% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 3%

Education Less than 9th grade 7% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 13% High school graduate 26% Some college, no degree 15% Associate's degree 3% Bachelor's degree 17% Graduate degree 18%     Marital Status Never married 42% Currently married 40% Separated 4% Widowed 6% Divorced 8%     Race White 42% Black or African American 38% Asian 6% Other 15%     New Haven Commute Carpool 8.4% Public transportation 12.7% Average travel time 21 minutes