| ECONOMY | Oswego | Elmira | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.00% | 7.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.73% | -2.74% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 27.54% | 27.02% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.00% | 8.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.85% | 6.85% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,763 | $18,652 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $35,061 | $33,736 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 21.53% | 21.35% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.34% | 15.95% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.04% | 14.32% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 13.95% | 16.81% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.67% | 17.01% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.10% | 7.80% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.02% | 4.70% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.84% | 1.53% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.47% | 0.49% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 7.96% | 8.75% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 20.75% | 19.34% | 20.61% |
| Service | 24.60% | 24.00% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 23.27% | 25.76% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.70% | 0.26% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.24% | 5.97% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 13.49% | 15.92% | 14.05% |
