| ECONOMY | Spartanburg | High Point | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.20% | 9.80% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.89% | 1.35% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 29.02% | 32.90% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,872 | $24,883 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $35,478 | $46,839 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 22.03% | 13.78% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.67% | 11.18% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.73% | 11.55% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.38% | 17.01% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 16.05% | 19.99% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 7.88% | 11.52% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.18% | 9.40% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.60% | 3.93% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.34% | 1.50% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.43% | 15.90% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.90% | 17.93% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.70% | 11.30% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 24.47% | 29.86% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.21% | 0.14% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.75% | 6.99% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 18.53% | 17.89% | 14.05% |
