| ECONOMY | Sugar Land | Pearland | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.00% | 8.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.95% | 2.40% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 36.90% | 36.40% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $39,868 | $30,322 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $92,740 | $75,945 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 3.58% | 4.37% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 4.14% | 5.56% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 4.53% | 6.64% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 9.35% | 11.78% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.00% | 20.97% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.95% | 18.09% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 22.89% | 21.49% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 16.21% | 8.49% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 5.83% | 2.39% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.52% | 0.22% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 24.24% | 18.25% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 32.23% | 30.10% | 20.61% |
| Service | 7.37% | 8.58% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.90% | 25.19% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.18% | 0.11% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 3.65% | 8.26% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 5.44% | 9.53% | 14.05% |
