Oakland's leading industries are business and health care services, transportation, food processing, light manufacturing, government, arts, culture, and entertainment. The Port of Oakland is one of the busiest ports in the world for container ships, and nearly 200,000 jobs are related to the movement of cargo through Oakland marine terminals. Chief exports at the port include fruits and vegetables, waste paper, red meat and poultry, resins, chemicals, animal feed, raw cotton, wood and lumber, crude fertilizers/minerals, industrial machinery, and cereal.
In addition, about 13 percent of Oakland's work force is employed in the wholesale and retail trade, and the city has hundreds of manufacturing plants, employing almost 9 percent of the city's workers. Other major industries include electrical equipment, chemicals, glass, automobiles and trucks, and pharmaceuticals.
Oakland is home to several Fortune 500 companies including Kaiser Permanente and Clorox, as well as corporate headquarters for national retailers like Dreyer's and Cost Plus World Markets.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,055, and the median income for a family was $44,384
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