Los Angeles
Overview
Largest
Industries:oil & gas operations, banking,
technology hardware & equipment, semiconductors, media,
diversified financials, aerospace & defense, drugs &
biotechnology, software & services, health care equipment &
services
Largest Employers:ChevronTexaco, Wells Fargo, Hewlett-Packard,
Intel, Walt Disney, Cisco Systems, Countrywide Financial, Northrop
Grumman, Amgen, Oracle
Unemployment
Rate:4.9% (2005)
Sales Tax:8.25%
Income Tax Range:1-9.3%
Temperature:58 ~
74 °F
Median Salary:$41,240
Cost of Living
Index:153.1 (100=national average)
Air Pollution Index:120
Public
Transportation:The Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) includes 200 buslines and three major rail lines.
For more information, go to Metropolitan Transportation
Authority
Alumni Contacts
- Duke in Hollywood
- Phone: (310) 281-6969
- Duke Club of Southern California
- President: Elizabeth Pierson '85, (310) 470-6010
- DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)
Career Center Resource Room
- The 2002 Book of Lists
- National Internships Guide
- National Jobbank 2001
Housing Locators
- Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
- Homestore Los Angeles Apartments
- Los Angeles Realty Locator
- iHomeConnect.com
Job Search Websites
- LosAngelesJobs
- Los Angeles Area Jobs
- Find Los Angeles Web Jobs (specializes in positions re: the Internet, web design, etc.)
- LA Times Career Builder
- JobStar Los Angeles
- Dice