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By Sid | October 14, 2008
If you’re considering moving to California and looking for a chemical engineering jobs, it’d probably help to know some basic facts about the California economy. Actually, these facts may help spur the decision-making process along! Here is one overarching fact to consider: California actually pays more into the Federal treasury than it actually receives back in monetary benefits- California is responsible for 13% of the United States’ Gross Domestic Product- or about 1.7 trillion dollars. That’s a lot of Cal jobs!
The largest job sectors in California (statistics from 2006, by Wikipedia) are:
• Trade, Transportation and Utilities (wholesale, retail, import/export and warehousing)
• Government
• Professional and Business Services (management of companies and legal, scientific and technical services)
• Education and Health
• Leisure and Hospitality (tourism, arts, entertainment, recreation and foodservice)
California’s export economy was worth $134 billion in 2007, with 35% of those goods being computers and electronics, so we are a high-tech state to be sure. However, another interesting fact is that foreign-controlled companies control over half a million workers in California, so we are a state with diverse economic interests, as well- lots of opportunity for chemist jobs!
Agriculture is also a HUGE part of the California economy. California is the 5th largest supplier of food and agricultural commodities in the world and has an agricultural industry that is more than twice as large as that of any other state. Agriculture represents nearly 2% of the state’s 1.55 TRILLION dollar gross state product.
As for individual workers, the per capita income for Californians in 2006 was $38,956, 11th highest in the nation. There’s a disparity there though, because that level of wealth is not evenly distributed throughout the state- some of the poorest areas in the country are in California as well as some of the most affluent. Californians also pay about $10.66 in taxes for every $100 they earn, which is just a bit higher than the national average of $10.43. Housing isn’t cheap, either- in some areas such as Orange County the median price of a home can be as high as $650,000, with the statewide average being about $500,000. The real estate market is declining though, what with the subprime mortgage fiasco that’s currently ongoing. The unemployment rate in California in 2006 was 4.9%.
In 2007, California’s population numbered over 36 million people, making it the most populous state and the 13th-fastest growing state. More than 12% of the US lives here, and California has a larger population than all but 34 other countries! Los Angeles is the country’s second largest city and San Diego is its 8th largest. California also has the largest minority population in the country- minorities make up 57% of California residents.
Several of California’s geographic regions are also associated with certain kinds of products:
• Hollywood (entertainment)
• Southern California (aerospace)
• Central Valley (agriculture)
• Silicon Valley/ Tech Coast (computers and high tech)
• Napa Valley , Sonoma Valley (wine)
California taxes personal income in 6 different brackets, with a maximum personal income tax rate of 9.3 percent, and collects about 40 billion dollars a year in income tax. Sales taxes statewide range from 7.25 to 8.75 percent, as well, for a total yearly take of about $28 billion. State property taxes total $33 billion a year. It’s a great climate for chiropractor jobs!
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