New York, New York Economy Profile

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New York, New York Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in New York, New York, 23.37% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 8.3% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in New York, New York. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in New York, New York is as follows: eleven point nine three percent.

In New York, New York government workers account for 16.11% of workers. Seventy-seven point nine two percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in New York, New York is equal to $38,293 while median family income is forty-one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-seven dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in New York, New York are $37,435. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches thirty-two thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine dollars.

0.0 of families in New York, New York are below poverty line (total population in New York, New York is 8,008,278). There are one hundred and ninety-four thousand, eighty-three families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a New York, New York resident is thirty-four point two years old.

	New York, New York	%, New York, New York	United States
Population 16 years and over	6,279,431		217,168,077
In labor force	3,626,865	57.76%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	3,624,566	57.72%	63.39%
- - Employed	3,277,825	52.2%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	346,741	5.52%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	2,299	0.04%	0.53%
Not in labor force	2,652,566	42.24%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	3,379,676	53.82%	51.66%
In labor force	1,755,340	27.95%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,754,946	27.95%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,578,319	25.13%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	590,836	9.41%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	284,140		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,192,070		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	794,422	24.89%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	254,974	7.99%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,684,850	52.78%	4.73%
Walked	332,264	10.41%	2.93%
Other means	33,409	1.05%	1.19%
Worked at home	92,151	2.89%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	40.0		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	3,277,825		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,206,052	36.79%	33.65%
Service occupations	608,383	18.56%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	896,486	27.35%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,464	0.04%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	209,665	6.4%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	355,775	10.85%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2,101	0.06%	1.87%
Construction	139,385	4.25%	6.78%
Manufacturing	217,602	6.64%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	101,812	3.11%	3.6%
Retail trade	295,803	9.02%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	211,506	6.45%	5.2%
Information	173,594	5.3%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	372,809	11.37%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	390,956	11.93%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	765,905	23.37%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	272,210	8.3%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	187,335	5.72%	4.87%
Public administration	146,807	4.48%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,553,998	77.92%	78.47%
Government workers	527,902	16.11%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	188,054	5.74%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	7,871	0.24%	0.31%

	New York, New York	%, New York, New York	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	3,022,477		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	485,306	16.06%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	214,421	7.09%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	354,413	11.73%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	346,777	11.47%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	430,297	14.24%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	503,722	16.67%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	273,552	9.05%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	234,553	7.76%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	75,626	2.5%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	103,810	3.43%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	38,293		41,994
With earnings	2,305,266	36.71%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	63,183		56,604
With Social Security income	672,731	10.71%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,767		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	225,304	3.59%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,487		6,320
With public assistance income	227,886	3.63%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,817		3,032
With retirement income	375,301	5.98%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,652		17,376
Families	1,869,809		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	239,026	12.78%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	121,766	6.51%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	219,424	11.74%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	216,498	11.58%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	269,417	14.41%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	327,498	17.52%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	190,152	10.17%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	164,553	8.8%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	50,937	2.72%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	70,538	3.77%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	41,887		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	22,402		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,435		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,949		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	345,834		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	266,616	77.09%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	122,601	35.45%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	194,083		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	165,691	85.37%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	71,207	36.69%	42.27%
Individuals	1,668,938		33,899,812
18 years and over	1,097,182	65.74%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	160,277	9.6%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	562,990	33.73%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	409,408	24.53%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	438,129	26.25%	31.63%

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