| ECONOMY | San Luis Obispo | Salinas | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.80% | 11.00% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.13% | -0.88% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 31.46% | 27.24% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.75% | 7.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $27,225 | $17,196 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $43,325 | $51,981 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 17.55% | 10.03% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.76% | 10.34% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.53% | 10.97% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 14.84% | 16.72% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 15.73% | 22.95% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 10.18% | 13.12% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 10.51% | 11.65% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 4.80% | 3.18% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.93% | 0.95% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.16% | 0.08% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.15% | 9.04% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 27.09% | 14.17% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.57% | 16.09% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.42% | 25.09% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.87% | 12.55% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 5.50% | 9.11% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6.39% | 13.95% | 14.05% |
