New York
*Overview
Major
Employers:See
www.bestjobsusa.com/sections/CAN-cityoutline/Cnnewyork.asp
Unemployment Rate:4.9% (2005)
Sales Tax:8.375%
Income Tax:4-6.85%
Temperature:32 ~
77 °F
Median Salary:$49,670
Cost of Living
Index:212.1 (100 = national
average)
Air Pollution Index:83
Public
Transportation:MTA subways, buses, and
railroads move 2.3 billion New Yorkers a year, about one in every
three users of mass transit in the United States and two-thirds of
the nation's rail riders. For more info, visitMetropolitan
Transportation Authority State of New York
Alumni Contacts
- Duke
Club of New York (DUMAA)
- President: Erica Berg '96
- Join the DUMAA email list by sending your name, contact info, degree and class year to Erica Berg '96
- DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)
Career Center Resource Room
- The 2002 Book of Lists
- National Internships Guide
- National Jobbank 2001
- International Business in New York City (in International Section)
Housing Locators
- David Rowe, real estate broker with Manhattan Apartments
- Phone: (646) 831-6304
- Duke students get discounted price
- Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
- Apartment Assistant
- So You Wanna Find an Apartment in NYC?
- Furnished Apartments NYC
- Colfax Realty
Job Search Websites:
- The New York Job Source
- NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (work for NYC)
- New York Times Job Market
- NY 411 Production Resource Directories (film and video specific)
- AllStarJobs New York City
- New York ComputerWork.com (computer jobs)
- Gromwell Group