Atlanta
Overview
Largest
Industries: retailing, telecom services,
transportation, food drink & tobacco, insurance, utilities,
banking, media, consumer durables, technology hardware
Largest Employers:
Home Depot, Bell South, UPS, Coca-Cola, Aflac, Southern Co,
SunTrust Banks, Georgia Pacific, Synovus Finl, Cox
Communications
Fastest-Growing
Occupations: computer & software engineers,
applications, computer support specialists, network systems &
data communications analysts, medical assistants, computer
specialists, and law enforcement
Unemployment Rate:
5.2% (2005)
Sales Tax:
4%
Income Tax Range:
1-6%
Temperature: 33 ~
89 °F
Median Salary:
$39,820
Cost of Living
Index: 97.2 (100 = national average)
Air Pollution Index:
129
Public
Transportation: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority (MARTA) consists of rail lines and buses. Buses
and railways run from 5:00am to 1:30am Monday through Friday and
5:30am to 12:30am weekends and holidays. For more information,visit Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority
Alumni Contacts
- Duke Club of Atlanta
- President:Damon Goode '95,(404) 885-3681
-
DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)
Career Center Resource Room
- The 2002 Book of Lists
- National Internships Guide
- National Jobbank 2001
Housing Locators
- Craigslist Atlanta
- Atlanta Apartments
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Home Finder
- Copper Brown Real Estate
Job Search Websites