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: 10.8% (June 2009)
Sales Tax: 7.25%
Income Tax Range: 1-9.3%
Temperature: 58 ~ 74 °F
Mean Salary: $4,180
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 Club of Southern California
• • President: Julie Guest
    
  • Phone: (310) 216 5859
    
• DukeConnect (network with volunteer alumni)

Housing Locators

• Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
• Move.com Los Angeles Apartments
• Realty Times
• iHomeConnect.com

Job Search Websites

• Jobing.com Los Angeles
• Nation Job Los Angeles
• LA Times Classifieds
• JobStar Los Angeles
• Dice