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

Salt Lake City, Utah, 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, Utah MSA

 744.9 752.7 754.5 754.9 755.7 759.0 758.5 762.7 764.3 765.9 766.3 765.8 763.6 -2.2 -0.3

Utah

 1,546.1 1,555.2 1,558.2 1,557.9 1,560.6 1,566.9 1,567.6 1,574.9 1,579.8 1,583.3 1,584.6 1,587.4 1,586.4 -1.0 -0.1

United States

 150,282 150,492 150,577 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,212 152,487 151,786 -701 -0.5

Footnotes
(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, Utah MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 741.9 761.5 760.7 18.8 2.5 1,583.0 40.3 2.6 150,804 1,445 1.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 44.2 46.5 47.1 2.9 6.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             8.9 -0.5 -5.3 697 -34 -4.7

Construction(2)

             110.3 5.9 5.7 7,331 161 2.2

Manufacturing

 59.0 60.1 59.6 0.6 1.0 136.3 0.3 0.2 12,783 9 0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 147.1 153.6 154.1 7.0 4.8 294.2 7.6 2.7 27,460 102 0.4

Information

 20.1 21.7 21.4 1.3 6.5 41.3 2.6 6.7 2,885 47 1.7

Financial Activities

 58.7 59.9 59.7 1.0 1.7 90.4 2.5 2.8 8,803 145 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 127.9 122.4 123.4 -4.5 -3.5 220.6 2.0 0.9 21,229 321 1.5

Education & Health Services

 86.5 88.1 88.2 1.7 2.0 216.3 4.5 2.1 24,645 532 2.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 64.9 70.6 67.9 3.0 4.6 160.8 7.4 4.8 15,988 -102 -0.6

Other Services

 22.5 22.7 22.8 0.3 1.3 41.7 0.1 0.2 5,882 49 0.8

Government

 111.0 115.9 116.5 5.5 5.0 262.2 7.9 3.1 23,101 215 0.9

Footnotes
(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, Utah

 19,724 17,359 16,932 19,594 17,666 17,526 14,447 14,097 13,869 14,063 17,992 18,539 25,314   5,590 28.3

Salt Lake

 18,582 16,405 15,988 18,453 16,606 16,512 13,616 13,291 13,095 13,247 16,976 17,525 23,924   5,342 28.7

Tooele

 1,142 954 944 1,141 1,060 1,014 831 806 774 816 1,016 1,014 1,390   248 21.7

Utah

 48,291 42,102 41,197 48,104 43,635 42,719 34,864 34,061 33,756 35,240 45,458 46,499 62,035   13,744 28.5

United States (in thousands)

 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504 6,218 7,370   988 15.5

Footnotes
(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, Utah

 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.8   0.8

Salt Lake

 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.7 3.7   0.7

Tooele

 3.4 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.9 4.1   0.7

Utah

 3.0 2.6 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.8 3.8   0.8

United States

 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.5   0.6

Footnotes
(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(1)employment and wages, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2019(2)
Area

 Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 50,282 2,337 742,763 19,312 2.7 $1,075 4.6 $10,340,702 7.4

Salt Lake

 49,063 2,284 726,056 18,881 2.7 1,081 4.6 10,165,715 7.4

Tooele

 1,219 53 16,707 431 2.6 805 2.5 174,986 6.7

Utah

 109,051 4,705 1,535,227 41,308 2.8 $954 4.8 $18,932,842 7.8

United States

 10,325,274 285,161 148,556,525 1,674,020 1.1 1,093 3.6 2,101,499,511 4.9

Footnotes
(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