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, Steel fabrications, Apparel
Largest Employers:ChevronTexaco, Wells Fargo, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Walt Disney, Cisco Systems, Countrywide Financial, Northrop Grumman, Amgen, Oracle, AT&T, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Wells Fargo
Unemployment Rate: 6.0% (2008)
Sales Tax: 6.25%
Income Tax Range: 1-9.3%
Temperature: 58 ~ 74 °F
Mean Salary: $44,180
Cost of Living Index: 153.1 (100=national average)
Air Quality Index: 97, Moderate to Unhealthy for sensitive group
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
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- Phone: (310) 281-6969
- Duke Club of Southern California
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- President: Julie Guest
- 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