Celebrating 186 Years of Growth and Prosperity — December 4, 2024

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Economic Development|Economy|Market Trends

Memphis outpaces peers in 2018 Job growth

December 13, 2023 by Amy Daniels

Market Cover On the heels of a Bloomberg report that put Memphis at the top of metro job growth in January 2019, newly revised jobs data reveals stronger growth for the Greater Memphis MSA in 2018 than previously reported. For the 12 months ending in January 2019, job growth in Memphis outpaced New Orleans, St. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis and other similarly-sized cities.