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

Salt Lake City-Murray, 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-Murray, UT MSA

 826.0 825.0 825.9 826.1 826.1 828.2 830.0 831.2 832.1 834.4 836.7 839.0 840.3 1.3 0.2

Utah

 1,739.5 1,741.2 1,739.4 1,741.3 1,740.0 1,744.7 1,749.8 1,757.1 1,758.9 1,764.0 1,769.6 1,770.4 1,772.5 2.1 0.1

United States

 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 159,398 228 0.1

(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-Murray, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 821.8 832.6 834.3 12.5 1.5 1,765.1 29.5 1.7 158,506 1,894 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 58.5 60.8 60.8 2.3 3.9                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.7 0.5 4.5 618 -12 -1.9

Construction(2)

             140.4 6.5 4.9 8,079 140 1.8

Manufacturing

 62.6 64.6 64.5 1.9 3.0 155.0 2.7 1.8 12,710 -80 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 161.3 161.6 160.8 -0.5 -0.3 311.6 -3.0 -1.0 28,911 297 1.0

Information

 23.1 23.6 24.0 0.9 3.9 42.0 0.8 1.9 2,922 -18 -0.6

Financial Activities

 64.0 65.2 65.4 1.4 2.2 100.7 2.6 2.7 9,188 94 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 143.0 140.9 142.3 -0.7 -0.5 245.6 1.6 0.7 22,357 -39 -0.2

Education & Health Services

 97.4 102.7 102.8 5.4 5.5 255.3 11.7 4.8 27,232 907 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.6 69.6 70.1 -1.5 -2.1 173.6 -3.6 -2.0 16,572 210 1.3

Other Services

 22.8 23.0 22.7 -0.1 -0.4 45.6 -0.1 -0.2 5,996 91 1.5

Government

 117.5 120.6 120.9 3.4 2.9 283.6 9.8 3.6 23,921 304 1.3

(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-Murray, UT

 23,665 22,276 22,443 25,624 26,355 26,489 22,518 22,976 22,568 21,897 23,746 25,247 24,019 354 1.5

Salt Lake

 22,265 20,900 21,048 24,023 24,731 24,913 21,169 21,621 21,185 20,504 22,213 23,615 22,468 203 0.9

Tooele

 1,400 1,376 1,395 1,601 1,624 1,576 1,349 1,355 1,383 1,393 1,533 1,632 1,551 151 10.8

Utah

 56,713 53,831 56,738 65,198 64,797 65,618 55,416 55,827 55,812 53,965 58,614 60,741 57,400 687 1.2

United States (in thousands)

 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 638 9.7

(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-Murray, UT

 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 0.0

Salt Lake

 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 0.0

Tooele

 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.4 0.2

Utah

 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.1 0.0

United States

 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 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, 3rd quarter 2024(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 69,108 2,277 820,113 6,512 0.8 $1,413 3.9 $15,011,356 4.8

Salt Lake

 67,579 2,217 799,271 5,191 0.7 1,424 3.9 14,735,118 4.6

Tooele

 1,529 60 20,842 1,321 6.8 1,024 7.0 276,239 14.4

Utah

 140,387 4,202 1,724,313 18,329 1.1 $1,248 4.3 $27,790,286 5.5

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 5.5

(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