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The Demise of Finance Jobs in New York City

But boutique hotels grow in the Bronx
Business people sit on the steps at Federal Hall looking at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, NY, Friday, September 26, 2014.

Business people sit on the steps at Federal Hall looking at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, NY, Friday, September 26, 2014.

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

As she tells it, Madonna arrived at Times Square by taxi in 1978 with $35 in her pocket and got a job at Dunkin' Donuts. While New York may have changed since the Material Girl's heyday, restaurant work is still your likeliest gig in the city.

Not so much Wall Street.