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Memphis

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Memphis Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2024
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Memphis — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2024
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	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		620.1	622.4	627.2	622.4	621.5	(p)623.9
Employment(1)		598.2	593.6	598.7	594.8	594.3	(p)596.9
Unemployment(1)		21.8	28.8	28.5	27.7	27.2	(p)27.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	(p)4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		655.2	650.0	648.9	650.6	655.4	(p)659.0
12-month % change		-1.1	-1.7	-0.6	-0.6	-0.2	(p)0.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		24.2	24.7	25.6	24.8	24.9	(p)24.7
12-month % change		-4.7	-4.6	0.8	-1.6	-2.0	(p)1.6
Manufacturing(3)		42.7	42.9	42.8	42.4	42.5	(p)42.3
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.8	-1.2	-1.4	-0.9	(p)-1.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		186.0	185.8	184.9	184.9	185.5	(p)186.1
12-month % change		-0.4	-1.3	-1.3	-0.8	-0.6	(p)-0.4
Information(3)		5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	(p)5.5
12-month % change		-5.2	-3.4	-3.4	-1.8	-3.5	(p)-1.8
Financial Activities(3)		28.3	28.4	28.6	28.6	28.5	(p)28.3
12-month % change		-2.1	-1.7	0.4	1.1	1.1	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		89.1	86.9	87.1	88.1	89.4	(p)90.1
12-month % change		-6.3	-7.9	-5.5	-4.9	-2.8	(p)-2.0
Education and Health Services(3)		102.9	103.3	104.3	104.2	106.6	(p)108.1
12-month % change		4.1	4.4	6.3	4.9	6.4	(p)7.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		64.4	64.2	64.0	63.3	61.5	(p)61.5
12-month % change		1.4	-0.8	0.0	-0.2	-2.1	(p)-1.0
Other Services(3)		28.1	28.5	28.3	28.1	28.0	(p)28.3
12-month % change		1.1	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.4	(p)2.2
Government(3)		84.0	79.7	77.7	80.6	83.0	(p)84.1
12-month % change		-3.8	-3.5	-3.2	-3.1	-2.6	(p)-2.0
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