| ECONOMY | Odessa | Abilene | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 5.30% | 6.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.19% | -4.01% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 34.32% | 25.98% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,842 | $21,538 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $43,845 | $41,933 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 15.06% | 14.41% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.10% | 13.74% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.82% | 13.32% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.72% | 18.01% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.95% | 19.63% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.70% | 9.69% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.92% | 7.18% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.30% | 2.86% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.30% | 1.05% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.71% | 11.74% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 15.98% | 21.68% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.12% | 19.51% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 30.33% | 26.80% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.19% | 0.32% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 12.81% | 9.52% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 14.86% | 10.43% | 14.05% |