Work and Jobs in Bronx, New York (NY) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Bronx are: Health care (16.5% of civilian employees), Educational services (9.3% of civilian employees), Accommodation & food services (5.7% of civilian employees). 63.4% of workers are employees of private companies, which is about the same as the rate of 63.7% across the entire state of New York.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Health care | 16.5% (70,754) | 8.4% (17,915) | 24.5% (52,839) |
| Educational services | 9.3% (40,001) | 5.5% (11,817) | 13.1% (28,184) |
| Accommodation and food services | 5.7% (24,316) | 6.9% (14,664) | 4.5% (9,652) |
| Public administration | 5.2% (22,161) | 5.2% (11,073) | 5.1% (11,088) |
| Finance and insurance | 5.0% (21,431) | 4.1% (8,710) | 5.9% (12,721) |
| Construction | 4.5% (19,102) | 8.2% (17,475) | 0.8% (1,627) |
| Social assistance | 4.4% (18,754) | 1.4% (2,971) | 7.3% (15,783) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 4.3% (18,403) | 3.8% (8,125) | 4.8% (10,278) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 4.3% (18,301) | 7.0% (15,002) | 1.5% (3,299) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 4.3% (18,240) | 5.2% (11,174) | 3.3% (7,066) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 3.7% (15,781) | 5.3% (11,392) | 2.0% (4,389) |
| Food and beverage stores | 2.6% (11,260) | 3.7% (7,861) | 1.6% (3,399) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 2.2% (9,352) | 1.8% (3,899) | 2.5% (5,453) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.8% (7,874) | 2.1% (4,500) | 1.6% (3,374) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.8% (7,727) | 1.8% (3,901) | 1.8% (3,826) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.6% (6,818) | 1.9% (4,001) | 1.3% (2,817) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.4% (5,882) | 1.5% (3,188) | 1.2% (2,694) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.4% (5,845) | 2.5% (5,256) | 0.3% (589) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 1.4% (5,838) | 1.1% (2,287) | 1.6% (3,551) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.3% (5,391) | 1.3% (2,681) | 1.3% (2,710) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.2% (5,323) | 1.0% (2,112) | 1.5% (3,211) |
| U. S. Postal service | 1.0% (4,478) | 1.4% (2,999) | 0.7% (1,479) |
| Apparel | 0.8% (3,508) | 0.6% (1,311) | 1.0% (2,197) |
| Private households | 0.7% (3,209) | 0.1% (252) | 1.4% (2,957) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.7% (3,070) | 1.2% (2,549) | 0.2% (521) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.7% (2,921) | 0.8% (1,680) | 0.6% (1,241) |
| Food | 0.7% (2,790) | 0.9% (1,913) | 0.4% (877) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.5% (2,205) | 0.8% (1,674) | 0.2% (531) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.5% (2,125) | 0.4% (821) | 0.6% (1,304) |
| Metal and metal products | 0.5% (2,102) | 0.7% (1,562) | 0.3% (540) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.5% (2,085) | 0.4% (865) | 0.6% (1,220) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (1,975) | 0.6% (1,334) | 0.3% (641) |
| Utilities | 0.5% (1,952) | 0.7% (1,564) | 0.2% (388) |
| Truck transportation | 0.5% (1,942) | 0.9% (1,840) | 0.0% (102) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.4% (1,902) | 0.6% (1,305) | 0.3% (597) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.4% (1,822) | 0.6% (1,235) | 0.3% (587) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.4% (1,663) | 0.6% (1,257) | 0.2% (406) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 0.4% (1,637) | 0.6% (1,314) | 0.1% (323) |
| Chemicals | 0.4% (1,618) | 0.4% (789) | 0.4% (829) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.3% (1,445) | 0.3% (660) | 0.4% (785) |
| Computer and electronic products | 0.3% (1,347) | 0.4% (921) | 0.2% (426) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.3% (1,269) | 0.2% (362) | 0.4% (907) |
| Air transportation | 0.3% (1,166) | 0.3% (665) | 0.2% (501) |
| Textile mills and textile products | 0.3% (1,133) | 0.2% (475) | 0.3% (658) |
| Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (1,073) | 0.2% (518) | 0.3% (555) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (1,016) | 0.2% (346) | 0.3% (670) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (987) | 0.3% (741) | 0.1% (246) |
| Paper | 0.2% (973) | 0.3% (597) | 0.2% (376) |
| Machinery | 0.2% (962) | 0.3% (702) | 0.1% (260) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.2% (877) | 0.3% (591) | 0.1% (286) |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.2% (830) | 0.2% (416) | 0.2% (414) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.2% (732) | 0.2% (413) | 0.1% (319) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.2% (714) | 0.3% (537) | 0.1% (177) |
| Transportation equipment | 0.2% (665) | 0.3% (570) | 0.0% (95) |
| Rail transportation | 0.1% (637) | 0.2% (514) | 0.1% (123) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.1% (636) | 0.2% (475) | 0.1% (161) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.1% (627) | 0.2% (487) | 0.1% (140) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.1% (624) | 0.2% (473) | 0.1% (151) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (620) | 0.2% (436) | 0.1% (184) |
| Music stores | 0.1% (588) | 0.2% (375) | 0.1% (213) |
| Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (575) | 0.1% (317) | 0.1% (258) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.1% (541) | 0.1% (276) | 0.1% (265) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.1% (513) | 0.1% (288) | 0.1% (225) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (512) | 0.2% (324) | 0.1% (188) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.1% (482) | 0.1% (233) | 0.1% (249) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.1% (465) | 0.2% (327) | 0.1% (138) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (426) | 0.2% (349) | 0.0% (77) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.1% (405) | 0.2% (324) | 0.0% (81) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.1% (391) | 0.1% (279) | 0.1% (112) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (357) | 0.1% (273) | 0.0% (84) |
| Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (326) | 0.1% (286) | 0.0% (40) |
| Wood products | 0.1% (312) | 0.1% (270) | 0.0% (42) |
| Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (311) | 0.1% (291) | 0.0% (20) |
Unemployment in Bronx
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 7.6%Males
- 7.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 15.5%Males
- 14.8%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 22.7%Males
- 22.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 5.7%Males
- 9.8%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 15.6%Males
- 20.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 14.8%Males
- 17.4%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 15.4%Males
- 18.7%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Bronx: | 2.7% (11,372) |
| New York: | 2.4% (194,562) |
5:30am:
| Bronx: | 2.5% (10,451) |
| New York: | 2.1% (174,328) |
6am:
| Bronx: | 3.0% (12,649) |
| New York: | 3.1% (253,826) |
6:30am:
| Bronx: | 8.0% (33,246) |
| New York: | 7.0% (573,349) |
7am:
| Bronx: | 7.9% (32,806) |
| New York: | 8.6% (706,982) |
7:30am:
| Bronx: | 15.7% (65,352) |
| New York: | 14.0% (1,147,579) |
8am:
| Bronx: | 15.8% (65,519) |
| New York: | 14.8% (1,213,706) |
8:30am:
| Bronx: | 14.2% (58,907) |
| New York: | 13.9% (1,144,298) |
9am:
| Bronx: | 5.3% (22,140) |
| New York: | 7.5% (614,475) |
10am:
| Bronx: | 5.7% (23,806) |
| New York: | 7.2% (593,377) |
11am:
| Bronx: | 2.5% (10,291) |
| New York: | 2.7% (224,011) |
12pm:
| Bronx: | 1.2% (5,169) |
| New York: | 1.3% (105,049) |
4pm:
| Bronx: | 7.0% (29,254) |
| New York: | 6.3% (517,309) |
>4pm:
| Bronx: | 6.3% (26,357) |
| New York: | 6.1% (501,196) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| Bronx: | 1.1% (4,560) |
| New York: | 2.7% (219,036) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Bronx: | 3.5% (14,563) |
| New York: | 8.3% (680,270) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Bronx: | 6.2% (25,835) |
| New York: | 11.6% (956,590) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Bronx: | 8.1% (33,716) |
| New York: | 12.4% (1,020,084) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Bronx: | 8.8% (36,583) |
| New York: | 12.3% (1,013,757) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Bronx: | 3.1% (12,996) |
| New York: | 4.9% (399,384) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Bronx: | 14.6% (60,575) |
| New York: | 12.9% (1,058,688) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Bronx: | 2.2% (9,152) |
| New York: | 2.5% (203,722) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Bronx: | 4.8% (19,831) |
| New York: | 4.1% (340,311) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Bronx: | 17.0% (70,539) |
| New York: | 9.8% (806,556) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Bronx: | 20.4% (84,803) |
| New York: | 10.3% (848,185) |
90 or more minutes:
| Bronx: | 8.2% (34,166) |
| New York: | 5.1% (417,464) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Bronx: | 27.0% (112,159) |
| New York: | 56.3% (4,620,178) |
Carpooled:
| Bronx: | 9.3% (38,726) |
| New York: | 9.2% (756,918) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Bronx: | 15.6% (64,918) |
| New York: | 5.8% (475,389) |
Streetcar or trolley car:
| Bronx: | 0.2% (669) |
| New York: | 0.1% (6,058) |
Subway or elevated:
| Bronx: | 34.6% (143,534) |
| New York: | 14.8% (1,217,009) |
Railroad:
| Bronx: | 2.0% (8,113) |
| New York: | 2.8% (228,215) |
Ferryboat:
| Bronx: | 0.0% (106) |
| New York: | 0.1% (11,626) |
Taxicab:
| Bronx: | 1.3% (5,495) |
| New York: | 0.8% (67,897) |
Motorcycle:
| Bronx: | 0.0% (179) |
| New York: | 0.0% (3,625) |
Bicycle:
| Bronx: | 0.2% (987) |
| New York: | 0.3% (25,036) |
Walked:
| Bronx: | 7.2% (30,076) |
| New York: | 6.2% (511,721) |
Other means:
| Bronx: | 0.6% (2,357) |
| New York: | 0.5% (40,375) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Bronx: | 74.3% (112,159) |
| New York: | 85.9% (4,620,178) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Bronx: | 17.5% (26,434) |
| New York: | 11.0% (590,255) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Bronx: | 4.1% (6,219) |
| New York: | 1.8% (96,470) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Bronx: | 1.7% (2,559) |
| New York: | 0.7% (36,112) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Bronx: | 0.8% (1,274) |
| New York: | 0.3% (16,644) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| Bronx: | 1.5% (2,240) |
| New York: | 0.3% (17,437) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Bronx: | 63.4% (271,824) |
| New York: | 63.7% (5,340,134) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Bronx: | 1.6% (6,837) |
| New York: | 3.4% (283,619) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Bronx: | 10.6% (45,554) |
| New York: | 9.7% (810,356) |
Local government workers:
| Bronx: | 14.3% (61,408) |
| New York: | 10.2% (858,120) |
State government workers:
| Bronx: | 3.4% (14,515) |
| New York: | 4.6% (383,673) |
Federal government workers:
| Bronx: | 2.6% (10,944) |
| New York: | 2.2% (185,100) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Bronx: | 3.9% (16,572) |
| New York: | 6.0% (501,068) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Bronx: | 0.2% (1,000) |
| New York: | 0.2% (20,918) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Bronx: | 67.7% (144,226) |
| New York: | 66.2% (2,902,064) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Bronx: | 2.4% (5,017) |
| New York: | 4.9% (215,651) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Bronx: | 8.0% (17,137) |
| New York: | 6.3% (277,787) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Bronx: | 11.5% (24,522) |
| New York: | 8.7% (380,426) |
State government workers - Males:
| Bronx: | 2.9% (6,114) |
| New York: | 4.1% (181,784) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Bronx: | 2.7% (5,734) |
| New York: | 2.3% (102,647) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Bronx: | 4.6% (9,819) |
| New York: | 7.1% (312,497) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Bronx: | 0.2% (463) |
| New York: | 0.2% (9,470) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Bronx: | 59.2% (127,598) |
| New York: | 60.9% (2,438,070) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Bronx: | 0.8% (1,820) |
| New York: | 1.7% (67,968) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Bronx: | 13.2% (28,417) |
| New York: | 13.3% (532,569) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Bronx: | 17.1% (36,886) |
| New York: | 11.9% (477,694) |
State government workers - Females:
| Bronx: | 3.9% (8,401) |
| New York: | 5.0% (201,889) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Bronx: | 2.4% (5,210) |
| New York: | 2.1% (82,453) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Bronx: | 3.1% (6,753) |
| New York: | 4.7% (188,571) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| Bronx: | 0.2% (537) |
| New York: | 0.3% (11,448) |