| ECONOMY | San Marcos | Watsonville | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.60% | 10.60% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.96% | 3.22% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 35.32% | 35.84% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 8.25% | 8.25% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $20,429 | $16,261 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $37,731 | $46,191 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 19.90% | 12.36% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.75% | 10.91% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.78% | 13.20% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.49% | 17.12% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.98% | 20.37% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.05% | 12.34% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.43% | 9.69% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.87% | 2.76% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.70% | 1.13% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.06% | 0.12% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.93% | 6.67% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.39% | 10.25% | 20.61% |
| Service | 20.78% | 17.96% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.65% | 19.89% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.56% | 16.91% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 7.51% | 10.12% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.17% | 18.20% | 14.05% |
