Atlanta

Overview

Largest Industries: retailing, telecom services, transportation, food drink & tobacco, insurance, utilities, banking, media, consumer durables, technology hardware, Cyber technology
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: 10.7% (June 2009)
Sales Tax: 4%
Income Tax Range: 1-6%
Temperature: 33 ~ 89 °F
Mean Salary: $44,170
Cost of Living Index: 97.2 (100 = national average)
Air Quality Index: 65, Moderate
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: Annie Goode '02
    Jason Goode '97, J.D. '01 
    
    
• DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)