Boston
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Overview
Largest
Employers: Fidelity Investments, Boston
University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Liberty Mutual, NYNEX,
Gillette
Largest Labor
Forces: health services, business services,
eating/drinking places, engineering & management services,
educational services, government, trade, transportation and
utilties
Unemployment Rate:
4.5% (2005)
Sales Tax:
5%
Income Tax:
5.3%
Temperature: 29 ~
74 °F
Snowfall Season:
Dec ~ March, unpredictable level of snowfall
Median Salary:
$48,870
Cost of Living
Index: 116 (100 = national average)
Air Pollution Index:
81
Public
Transportation: The "T" includes a system of
subways, trolleys, buses, and trains. Seven days a week from 5:30am
~ 12:30am. For more info,visit Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority. Bus fares $.90, subway fares
$1.25.
Alumni Contacts
- Duke Club of Boston
- DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)
Career Center Resource Room
- The 2002 Book of Lists (Boston Business Times)
- National Internships Guide
- National Jobbank 2001
Housing Locator
- Boston Apartments
- Boston Realty Net
- Boston Real Estate
- JustRentals
- Craigslist Boston
- Yahoo! Real Estate
- Colfax Realty
Job Search Websites
- BostonWorks
- Carousel Expo (listing of job fairs in the Boston area)
- New England Film (film & video industry)
- Boston ComputerWork (computers)
- Boston Job Bank
- The Boston Job Source
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