| ECONOMY | Charlotte | Trenton | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.80% | 7.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.93% | 1.27% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.34% | 35.14% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.25% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 2.45% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $29,689 | $17,241 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $54,156 | $37,400 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 9.19% | 21.95% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 9.49% | 12.06% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 11.24% | 13.47% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.08% | 15.01% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.46% | 18.58% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 12.75% | 9.31% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 11.42% | 7.01% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 5.80% | 1.93% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 2.36% | 0.62% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 20.01% | 7.99% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 21.60% | 14.31% | 20.61% |
| Service | 11.26% | 25.33% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.15% | 27.33% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.10% | 0.30% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.46% | 8.64% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 10.42% | 16.10% | 14.05% |
