| ECONOMY | Salem | Boulder | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.80% | 5.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.45% | 2.84% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 32.30% | 39.78% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 5.00% | 8.16% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.30% | 4.63% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $30,647 | $33,682 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $55,879 | $55,447 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 11.56% | 12.69% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.28% | 9.64% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 9.71% | 10.02% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.63% | 13.62% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.77% | 17.39% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 13.26% | 12.10% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 14.23% | 13.73% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.80% | 7.76% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.58% | 2.79% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.16% | 0.26% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 14.29% | 16.22% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 23.88% | 38.21% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.43% | 13.61% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.44% | 22.04% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.17% | 0.07% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 5.91% | 4.29% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 11.90% | 5.55% | 14.05% |
