| ECONOMY | Raleigh | Salem | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.50% | 6.80% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.24% | -0.45% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 34.98% | 32.30% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.75% | 5.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 5.30% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $29,771 | $30,647 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $56,691 | $55,879 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 8.77% | 11.56% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 8.89% | 9.28% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 10.49% | 9.71% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.75% | 14.63% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.21% | 20.77% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 13.88% | 13.26% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 13.33% | 14.23% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 5.69% | 4.80% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.83% | 1.58% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 18.12% | 14.29% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 28.51% | 23.88% | 20.61% |
| Service | 12.16% | 14.43% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.72% | 29.44% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.22% | 5.91% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 7.11% | 11.90% | 14.05% |
