| ECONOMY | Menands | Albany | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.60% | 6.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.39% | -1.39% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 30.62% | 30.62% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.00% | 8.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.85% | 6.85% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $45,018 | $22,927 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $63,519 | $37,882 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.33% | 19.94% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 8.68% | 14.62% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 8.48% | 12.30% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.28% | 15.08% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 24.42% | 17.08% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.57% | 8.95% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 11.57% | 8.01% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 8.98% | 3.02% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 5.23% | 0.91% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.51% | 0.09% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 19.97% | 13.21% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 32.29% | 28.58% | 20.61% |
| Service | 10.97% | 17.97% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.03% | 28.17% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 2.18% | 4.57% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6.50% | 7.47% | 14.05% |