Brandon’s diverse and reliable workforce provides companies with the talent they need to develop and produce a wide range of products. This diverse business economy also creates overlapping opportunities for companies to supply or source goods and services across multiple sectors of industry.
The City of Brandon and the surrounding rural areas differ considerably in employment structure by industry. Brandon's economy is more diversified in that the regionally dominant primary industry is a small component, while the service functions associated with a wholesale-retail trade centre are dominant. Brandon also has an extensive business, education, finance and administrative sector, reflecting its role as Manitoba's second largest city.
Employment by Industry Sector 2011 - 2012 Moving Average
15 years and over, Brandon Census Agglomeration
| Industry | Male | Female | Brandon Total | Canada | |
| Total - Experienced labour force | 13,600 | 13,300 | 26,900 | 17,507,000 | |
| Manufacturing Industries | 3,000 | 900 | 3,800 | 14% | 10% |
| Construction industries | 1,600 | 200 | 1,800 | 7% | 7% |
| Other Goods Producing Sectors | 600 | 200 | 800 | 3% | 5% |
| Wholesale trade | 600 | 200 | 800 | 3% | 3% |
| Retail trade | 1,700 | 1,900 | 3,600 | 13% | 12% |
| Finance and real estate | 600 | 800 | 1,400 | 5% | 6% |
| Health care and social services | 600 | 4,300 | 4,900 | 18% | 12% |
| Education | 800 | 1,600 | 2,200 | 8% | 7% |
| Accomodation & Food Services | 800 | 1300 | 2,100 | 8% | 6% |
| Other Services | 3,300 | 2,300 | 5,500 | 20% | 31% |
Source : Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey 2012
Calculations may vary due to rounding
Employment by Occupation 2011 - 2012 Moving Average
15 years and older, Brandon Census Agglomeration
| Occupation | Male | Female | Brandon Total | Canada | |
| Total - Experienced labour force | 13,600 | 13,300 | 26,900 | 17,507,000 | |
| Management occupations | 1,000 | 600 | 1,600 | 6% | 9% |
| Business, finance and administration occupations | 1,100 | 2,900 | 4,000 | 15% | 18% |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | * | * | 600 | 2% | 7% |
| Health occupations | * | 2,400 | 2,800 | 10% | 7% |
| Social science, education, government services and religion | 700 | 1,600 | 2,300 | 9% | 9% |
| Art, culture, recreation, and sport | * | * | 600 | 2% | 3% |
| Sales and service occupations | 3,500 | 4,500 | 8,000 | 30% | 24% |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and occupations | 3,230 | * | 3,360 | 14% | 15% |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | * | * | 600 | 2% | 3% |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 1,900 | 600 | 2,500 | 9% | 5% |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey 2012
Calculations may vary due to rounding
* = Data suppressed
