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Memphis Employment, Occupation and Industry

Memphis Employment by Job Type Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Job Type for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Memphis, TN Tennessee United States
White Collar 177,775 75.59% 1,802,145 68.69% 92,009,214 74.72%
Blue Collar 57,416 24.41% 821,435 31.31% 31,125,749 25.28%
 
Management, Business, and Financial Operations 39,365 14.40% 434,111 14.43% 23,044,053 16.09%
Professional and Related 57,629 21.08% 584,237 19.42% 31,190,648 21.78%
Sales and Office 80,781 29.54% 783,797 26.05% 37,774,513 26.38%
Service 38,042 13.91% 373,758 12.42% 19,324,452 13.50%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 213 0.08% 11,191 0.37% 727,249 0.51%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 19,385 7.09% 289,822 9.63% 12,677,154 8.85%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving 38,031 13.91% 531,613 17.67% 18,448,595 12.88%

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White Collar Employment: perform tasks that are considered less physically laborious

Blue Collar Employment: perform tasks that are manual, technical labor or are in technical maintenance "trades"

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Memphis Employment by Industry for Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Industry for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Memphis, TN Tennessee United States
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining 425 0.16% 32,799 1.09% 2,134,305 1.49%
Construction 14,511 5.31% 224,562 7.46% 9,982,202 6.97%
Manufacturing 23,017 8.42% 487,214 16.19% 17,078,738 11.93%
Wholesale Trade 10,208 3.73% 98,316 3.27% 4,371,371 3.05%
Retail Trade 26,346 9.63% 306,057 10.17% 14,346,753 10.02%
Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities 33,655 12.31% 203,506 6.76% 7,992,800 5.58%
Information 5,864 2.14% 69,713 2.32% 4,210,964 2.94%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 17,372 6.35% 177,822 5.91% 9,894,999 6.91%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, etc. 28,609 10.46% 251,915 8.37% 14,935,847 10.43%
Educational, Health and Social Services 61,134 22.36% 633,863 21.07% 31,705,830 22.14%
Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation and Food Services, etc. 24,345 8.90% 243,510 8.09% 12,115,678 8.46%
Other Services 14,685 5.37% 155,403 5.17% 7,373,033 5.15%
Public Administration 13,275 4.85% 123,849 4.12% 7,044,144 4.92%

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Employment by Industry: This data represents 2010 employment by industry for the total civilian population.

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Memphis Employment Statistics for all Potential Employees Graph

2010 Employment Statistics for Potential Employees (Age 16+) Memphis, TN Tennessee United States
Employment Potential 461,674 4,950,923 237,450,726
Civilian Total 273,446 3,008,529 143,186,664
Employed Civilian Males 137,672 29.82% 1,618,387 32.69% 76,490,548 32.21%
Employed Civilian Females 135,774 29.41% 1,390,142 28.08% 66,696,116 28.09%
Armed Forces Male 544 0.12% 17,486 0.35% 1,041,883 0.44%
Armed Forces Female 206 0.04% 3,027 0.06% 194,250 0.08%
Unemployed Males 21,526 4.66% 158,783 3.21% 8,607,960 3.63%
Unemployed Females 16,831 3.65% 123,877 2.50% 5,967,224 2.51%
Not in the Labor Force Male 60,965 13.21% 648,706 13.10% 32,071,333 13.51%
Not in the Labor Force Female 88,156 19.09% 990,515 20.01% 46,381,412 19.53%

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Workforce Statistics: The Workforce breakdown is derived from data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Memphis Population Growth Statistics Graph

2010 Employment by Type of Employer Total Civilian Population (Age 16+) Memphis, TN Tennessee United States
Private for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 204,555 74.81% 2,248,568 74.74% 105,622,009 73.77%
Private Not-for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 18,553 6.78% 187,442 6.23% 10,090,727 7.05%
Local Government Workers 19,958 7.30% 188,236 6.26% 8,961,757 6.26%
State Government Workers 9,378 3.43% 118,168 3.93% 6,692,635 4.67%
Federal Government Workers 9,076 3.32% 73,898 2.46% 3,541,754 2.47%
Self-Employed Workers in Own Not Incorporated Business 11,740 4.29% 187,832 6.24% 8,072,936 5.64%
Unpaid Family Workers 186 0.07% 4,385 0.15% 204,846 0.14%

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Civilian Employers (Population Age 16+): This data represents 2010 employment by type of employers for the total civilian population, over age 16.

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