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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas > Memphis

Memphis

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Memphis Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2019
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Memphis — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Truck Driver Occupations in Tennessee’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Memphis, TN-MS-AR Economy at a Glance:
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Data Series Back
Data		 Aug
2022		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 644.8 640.7 637.2 632.0 (p)629.5 (p)624.4

Employment(1)

 614.2 614.1 608.8 606.2 (p)606.2 (p)598.4

Unemployment(1)

 30.6 26.6 28.4 25.8 (p)23.2 (p)26.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.1 (p)3.7 (p)4.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 665.7 670.2 670.7 677.3 (p)676.3  

12-month % change

 2.8 3.8 3.1 3.3 (p)2.4  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 26.6 26.1 26.2 25.5 (p)25.7  

12-month % change

 7.7 6.5 2.3 -1.5 (p)2.4  

Manufacturing(3)

 44.2 44.2 44.3 44.2 (p)44.1  

12-month % change

 1.1 1.6 2.1 1.1 (p)1.6  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 189.5 190.9 189.7 193.5 (p)194.2  

12-month % change

 3.8 4.8 2.9 2.5 (p)1.3  

Information(3)

 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 (p)5.4  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

 29.4 29.2 29.1 29.0 (p)29.0  

12-month % change

 6.9 7.0 8.2 7.8 (p)3.9  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 98.0 99.0 100.3 102.0 (p)101.3  

12-month % change

 -0.1 2.6 3.6 5.6 (p)2.5  

Education and Health Services(3)

 93.8 96.7 97.3 97.9 (p)97.2  

12-month % change

 -1.9 2.2 2.9 4.3 (p)3.3  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 67.9 67.6 66.2 66.7 (p)66.2  

12-month % change

 12.2 13.8 9.4 7.6 (p)5.9  

Other Services(3)

 28.3 27.8 28.0 28.0 (p)28.1  

12-month % change

 2.2 3.3 3.7 2.6 (p)3.7  

Government(3)

 82.6 83.3 84.2 85.1 (p)85.1  

12-month % change

 0.6 -2.3 -2.0 -0.4 (p)0.5  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary