| ECONOMY | Rochester | Golden | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.00% | 7.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.22% | 1.74% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.44% | 36.08% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.00% | 7.60% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.85% | 4.63% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $19,118 | $33,825 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $32,637 | $62,336 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 24.22% | 9.73% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.20% | 8.18% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.35% | 9.76% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.91% | 12.65% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 16.23% | 18.52% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.32% | 14.56% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.54% | 15.18% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.62% | 8.24% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.57% | 2.92% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.05% | 0.26% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.23% | 15.99% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.62% | 30.58% | 20.61% |
| Service | 20.44% | 11.17% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 23.83% | 26.24% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.08% | 0.09% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.39% | 8.50% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 17.41% | 7.42% | 14.05% |
