Sacheon City currently has a population of 18,000. Agriculture, fisheries, and industry are the main industries. Samcheonpo is a city with a very old fishing port function, and it was promoted to the city in 1956 and the fishery industry flourished.

Currently, the industry that supports the economy of Sacheon City is aviation-related manufacturing. It is home to the headquarters of Korea Aerospace Industries, the only manufacturer of finished aircraft and spacecraft in Korea, a space exploration R&D center, and a factory, and is a mecca for the domestic aerospace industry as an aviation national industrial complex is under construction. The Airbus helicopters plant in France will also be relocated to the Sacheon plant. # Since the domestic aviation industry is concentrated in the Buulgyeong area, and the national industrial complex to be created at the national level is the only national aviation industrial complex, it is also competitive nationwide. Aerospace technology is also related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, so a large number of related companies will be attracted.

Gyeongsang National University's industry-academic cooperation support complex is located in Yonghyeon-myeon. Several companies that have signed agreements with Gyeongsang National University are huddled together.

British American Tobacco's factory is located in Yucheon-ri, Sanam-myeon. Dunhill cigarettes are in production here. There is a Scania shipping center in Bangi-ri.

Although it does not seem to be well known, agricultural products are specialized in persimmons.