| ECONOMY | Sarasota | Clearwater | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.00% | 10.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.21% | 0.18% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 27.58% | 30.36% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $28,483 | $27,418 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $40,695 | $44,515 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 15.16% | 13.85% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.45% | 12.32% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.31% | 12.26% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.20% | 17.13% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.97% | 19.96% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.69% | 10.43% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 7.24% | 8.81% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.77% | 3.63% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 2.01% | 1.47% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.19% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.75% | 14.47% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 18.34% | 19.60% | 20.61% |
| Service | 22.42% | 16.41% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.72% | 31.16% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.37% | 0.22% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 10.73% | 7.92% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.66% | 10.20% | 14.05% |
