| ECONOMY | Palo Alto | Martinez | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.10% | 9.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.75% | -0.16% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 34.40% | 30.18% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $60,089 | $35,727 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $102,031 | $74,447 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 6.32% | 6.95% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 5.23% | 4.87% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 4.58% | 6.78% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 7.56% | 12.38% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 13.59% | 19.64% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.94% | 16.38% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 18.86% | 20.60% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 20.26% | 9.56% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 10.73% | 2.61% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.93% | 0.24% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 26.67% | 18.64% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 49.19% | 23.02% | 20.61% |
| Service | 4.79% | 10.11% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 14.92% | 30.79% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.01% | 0.08% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 1.92% | 10.45% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 2.51% | 6.91% | 14.05% |
