Boston

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Overview

Largest Employers: Fidelity Investments, Boston University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Liberty Mutual, NYNEX, Gillette, Boston Scientific, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University,
Largest Labor Forces: health services, business services, eating/drinking places, engineering & management services, educational services, government, trade, transportation and utilties
Unemployment Rate: 8.3% (June 2009)
Sales Tax: 5%
Income Tax: 5.3%
Temperature: 29 ~ 74 °F
Snowfall Season: Dec ~ March, unpredictable level of snowfall
Mean Salary: $53,680
Cost of Living Index: 136.8 (100 = national average)
Air Quality Index: 101, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Public Transportation: The "T" includes a system of subways, trolleys, buses, and trains. For more info,visit Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Alumni Contacts

• Duke Club of Boston
• DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)

Housing Locator

• Perfect Units
  
• Boston Apartments
• Boston Realty Net
• Boston.com Homes
• JustRentals
• Craigslist Boston
• Colfax Realty

Job Search Websites

• Boston.com Jobs
  
• Carousel Expo (listing of job fairs in Massachusetts)
• New England Film (film & video industry)
• Boston ComputerWork (computers)
• Boston Job Bank
• The Boston Job Source