| ECONOMY | Gaithersburg | Bethany Beach | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.70% | 6.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.42% | 3.75% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 36.14% | 40.60% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 0.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.95% | 5.55% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $38,215 | $51,283 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $83,684 | $67,108 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 3.90% | 7.22% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 3.90% | 8.08% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 4.97% | 7.56% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 11.22% | 13.40% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.20% | 19.76% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 16.69% | 14.43% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 22.02% | 16.84% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 13.20% | 8.25% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 4.49% | 4.12% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.39% | 0.34% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 19.66% | 22.20% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 30.30% | 24.66% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.28% | 11.21% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 23.76% | 30.27% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.17% | 6.95% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 5.79% | 4.71% | 14.05% |
