| ECONOMY | Bismarck | East Lansing | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 2.50% | 6.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.81% | -0.80% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 39.12% | 31.50% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 1.84% | 4.35% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $31,123 | $18,262 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $56,365 | $35,376 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 9.37% | 23.72% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.72% | 14.98% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.24% | 10.97% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.99% | 12.77% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.85% | 13.84% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.58% | 9.04% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 12.19% | 8.94% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.48% | 4.21% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.45% | 1.40% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.15% | 10.84% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.94% | 35.01% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.94% | 19.15% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.06% | 27.02% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.32% | 0.41% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.14% | 3.00% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.44% | 4.57% | 14.05% |
