| ECONOMY | Chattanooga | Grand Junction | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.40% | 8.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.29% | -0.04% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.18% | 31.42% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 9.25% | 7.65% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 4.63% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $23,557 | $24,736 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $39,073 | $44,623 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 18.41% | 13.07% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.07% | 12.31% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.94% | 13.26% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.29% | 17.02% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.37% | 20.39% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.04% | 10.65% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.58% | 8.69% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.02% | 3.17% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.19% | 1.33% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.60% | 12.50% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 20.47% | 19.65% | 20.61% |
| Service | 15.37% | 16.49% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 27.34% | 28.66% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.09% | 0.56% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.93% | 10.45% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 17.19% | 11.71% | 14.05% |