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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Salt Lake City, UT, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

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

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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 811.8 812.8 814.7 817.3 821.9 819.3 821.2 823.7 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 828.4 -0.4 0.0

Utah

 1,708.1 1,709.8 1,713.1 1,718.7 1,724.5 1,722.4 1,725.9 1,734.0 1,738.5 1,739.1 1,738.3 1,743.4 1,743.9 0.5 0.0

United States

 155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 157,808 275 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

 808.0 819.0 822.9 14.9 1.8 1,735.3 32.6 1.9 156,555 2,738 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 55.7 57.0 57.8 2.1 3.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             10.9 0.5 4.8 631 7 1.1

Construction(2)

             134.8 6.9 5.4 7,855 213 2.8

Manufacturing

 63.9 64.9 64.1 0.2 0.3 152.9 0.4 0.3 12,913 20 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 159.5 161.9 160.8 1.3 0.8 312.3 -0.3 -0.1 28,663 61 0.2

Information

 24.5 24.5 24.4 -0.1 -0.4 42.6 -0.8 -1.8 2,996 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 63.1 62.3 61.5 -1.6 -2.5 95.7 -2.1 -2.1 9,180 83 0.9

Professional & Business Services

 143.7 144.2 145.3 1.6 1.1 249.2 2.9 1.2 22,683 150 0.7

Education & Health Services

 95.1 98.2 100.3 5.2 5.5 245.7 9.6 4.1 26,129 1,060 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 68.3 68.0 69.7 1.4 2.0 170.7 1.6 0.9 16,243 442 2.8

Other Services

 22.7 22.2 22.3 -0.4 -1.8 45.7 1.1 2.5 5,819 95 1.7

Government

 111.5 115.8 116.7 5.2 4.7 274.8 12.8 4.9 23,443 639 2.8

(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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Salt Lake City, UT

 19,006 18,136 16,829 18,387 20,479 20,683 22,338 19,096 19,821 19,203 18,912 21,693 24,636   5,630 29.6

Salt Lake

 17,912 17,101 15,879 17,365 19,364 19,572 21,119 18,071 18,684 18,096 17,851 20,480 23,197   5,285 29.5

Tooele

 1,094 1,035 950 1,022 1,115 1,111 1,219 1,025 1,137 1,107 1,061 1,213 1,439   345 31.5

Utah

 49,920 47,045 42,301 45,529 49,849 48,088 52,631 45,714 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,610   9,690 19.4

United States (in thousands)

 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970   505 7.8

(p) Preliminary

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 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.3   0.7

Salt Lake

 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.3   0.7

Tooele

 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.7   0.9

Utah

 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3   0.5

United States

 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2   0.3

(p) Preliminary

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, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
Area

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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 67,331 1,653 813,713 13,817 1.7 $1,358 1.1 $14,311,930 2.8

Salt Lake

 65,845 1,677 794,192 13,719 1.8 1,368 1.1 14,070,465 2.9

Tooele

 1,486 -24 19,521 98 0.5 957 0.6 241,465 1.3

Utah

 137,165 2,599 1,706,064 38,316 2.3 $1,195 0.8 $26,323,878 2.9

United States

 12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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