Industry & Business

The Memphis area employs over 648,000 non-farm workers. Industries that experienced the highest year-over-year growth were financial activities (3.1%), manufacturing (2.3%), mining, logging and construction (2.6%) and other services (4.7%). The largest industry sectors by employment are professional and business services (14.9%), education and health (14.6%), government (12.9%), transportation and utilities (11.2%), and leisure and hospitality (10.6%).