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Vallejo, CA is a city located in northern California approximately 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. It is home to many well-known companies such as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Touro University California, and Genentech. The 2 bedroom rent in Vallejo is higher than the US average at $1,870 compared to $1,430 for the US. Grocery Cost Index in Vallejo is also higher at 108 compared to 100 of the US average. Thus, Vallejo has higher living costs than other cities in the United States which makes it an expensive place to live.

Vallejo has an unemployment rate of 8.8%. The US average is 6.0%.

Vallejo has seen the job market increase by 0.9% over the last year. Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 30.2%, which is lower than the US average of 33.5%.

Tax Rates for Vallejo
- The Sales Tax Rate for Vallejo is 8.4%. The US average is 7.3%.
- The Income Tax Rate for Vallejo is 9.3%. The US average is 4.6%.
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Income and Salaries for Vallejo
- The average income of a Vallejo resident is $25,945 a year. The US average is $28,555 a year.
- The Median household income of a Vallejo resident is $78,243 a year. The US average is $69,021 a year.

Income by Population Percent

  EconomyVallejo, CaliforniaUnited States
  8.86
  -8.2%-6.2%
  30.2%33.5%
  8.4%6.2%
  8.0%4.6%
  $36,695$37,638
  $78,243$69,021
  $92,460$85,028
  Population by Occupation
  0.8%1.2%
  0.0%0.5%
  7.8%6.8%
  8.4%10.0%
  2.1%2.5%
  11.7%11.0%
  7.4%4.8%
  1.0%0.8%
  2.3%1.9%
  3.1%4.7%
  1.2%1.9%
  5.7%7.6%
  0.1%0.1%
  4.7%4.2%
  6.3%9.3%
  17.4%14.0%
  2.1%2.1%
  7.1%7.0%
  5.7%4.8%
  4.9%4.7%
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Over 4 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 6 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 6 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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