2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Miami, FL vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Household income in Olympia, is 42% more than it is in Miami and is 2% below the National Average.
- Miami unemployment rate is 8.3%.
- Olympia unemployment rate is 5.6%.
 Miami, FLOlympia, WAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate8.3%5.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.8%1.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.7%42.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%8.9%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$34,295$38,443$37,638
 Household Income$47,860$67,975$69,021
 Family Median Income$51,625$90,000$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Miami, FLOlympia, WAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K17.7%10.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.9%3.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K10.9%8.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.5%6.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.5%8.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.8%7.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.3%8.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.4%14.4%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K11.1%17.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.8%7.1%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K7.2%6.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Miami, FLOlympia, WAUnited States
 Management, business, finance17.1%17.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.3%10.7%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%2.4%1.8%
 Legal2.4%2.4%1.2%
 Education, library3.7%7.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.5%2.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.6%7.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.6%3.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.9%2.0%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.2%6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance7.7%2.1%3.6%
 Personal care3.0%3.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.7%17.2%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.7%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.1%5.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.0%9.4%13.1%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

This Year

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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