| ECONOMY | Silver Spring | Sterling | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.70% | 9.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.42% | -0.33% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 36.14% | 29.84% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.95% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $36,071 | $23,095 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $70,825 | $44,515 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 5.94% | 11.34% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 6.09% | 14.85% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 6.87% | 13.45% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 13.80% | 16.69% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 20.41% | 23.54% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 15.42% | 11.01% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 17.14% | 6.80% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 10.22% | 1.65% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 3.75% | 0.61% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.35% | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 16.79% | 10.30% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 33.26% | 15.34% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.23% | 17.01% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 19.11% | 23.03% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.06% | 0.33% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.07% | 8.22% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6.47% | 25.76% | 14.05% |
