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Salt Lake City, UT, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Salt Lake City metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

823.7 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 826.3 827.3 829.9 834.7 840.8 839.5 841.7 843.0 1.3 0.2

Utah

1,734.0 1,738.5 1,739.1 1,738.3 1,743.4 1,741.9 1,746.1 1,751.7 1,755.5 1,760.6 1,756.7 1,763.5 1,765.4 1.9 0.1

United States

156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,851 159,105 254 0.2

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Salt Lake City metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

Salt Lake City, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

824.4 844.3 842.9 18.5 2.2 1,769.7 32.1 1.8 159,177 2,332 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

59.9 63.8 63.9 4.0 6.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

            11.1 0.1 0.9 645 -4 -0.6

Construction(2)

            146.3 8.6 6.2 8,446 230 2.8

Manufacturing

63.9 65.9 65.8 1.9 3.0 154.9 1.9 1.2 12,923 -30 -0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

161.7 160.4 160.4 -1.3 -0.8 310.9 -4.7 -1.5 28,902 178 0.6

Information

24.2 24.6 24.5 0.3 1.2 43.1 0.3 0.7 2,994 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

63.2 63.9 64.0 0.8 1.3 98.8 1.0 1.0 9,259 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

146.5 151.7 149.3 2.8 1.9 254.9 3.2 1.3 23,027 89 0.4

Education & Health Services

96.3 101.5 100.7 4.4 4.6 248.4 11.7 4.9 26,500 969 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

69.6 71.7 70.8 1.2 1.7 173.2 -0.5 -0.3 17,121 330 2.0

Other Services

22.9 22.5 22.3 -0.6 -2.6 46.5 0.4 0.9 5,901 62 1.1

Government

116.2 118.3 121.2 5.0 4.3 281.6 10.1 3.7 23,459 475 2.1

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Unemployment, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Number Percent

Salt Lake City, UT

18,953 19,411 18,579 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,857 20,643 22,669 26,910 26,966 28,336 26,283   7,330 38.7

Salt Lake

17,936 18,299 17,508 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,645 19,405 21,309 25,294 25,362 26,715 24,763   6,827 38.1

Tooele

1,017 1,112 1,071 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,212 1,238 1,360 1,616 1,604 1,621 1,520   503 49.5

Utah

45,714 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,623 49,319 56,521 67,422 65,374 69,169 63,795   18,081 39.6

United States (in thousands)

6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524   475 7.9

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NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey

Unemployment rate, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Salt Lake City, UT

2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6   1.0

Salt Lake

2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5   0.9

Tooele

2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.9   1.3

Utah

2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.5   1.0

United States

3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9   0.3

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NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey

Covered employment and wages(1), Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2024(2)
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Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

66,267 1,730 810,620 14,491 1.8 $1,533 5.7 $16,097,576 7.5

Salt Lake

64,785 1,693 790,522 13,738 1.8 1,546 5.7 15,830,143 7.4

Tooele

1,482 37 20,098 753 3.9 1,019 8.9 267,433 13.9

Utah

135,682 3,423 1,699,634 30,964 1.9 $1,313 5.2 $28,866,757 7.0

United States

12,169,000 402,702 153,585,576 2,015,839 1.3 1,527 4.2 3,035,291,673 5.6

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages