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Salt Lake City, Utah, 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, Utah MSA

 728.4 730.3 734.1 737.2 738.2 738.4 738.1 738.8 739.9 740.9 741.6 742.9 743.4 0.5 0.1

Utah

 1,506.2 1,511.7 1,514.4 1,519.2 1,525.0 1,526.6 1,531.9 1,533.3 1,540.3 1,546.2 1,547.9 1,550.1 1,551.8 1.7 0.1

United States

 148,475 148,745 149,007 149,185 149,467 149,575 149,852 150,048 150,275 150,587 150,643 150,796 151,020 224 0.1

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

 726.9 741.3 743.5 16.6 2.3 1,555.4 48.6 3.2 150,942 2,559 1.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 43.0 42.7 43.3 0.3 0.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             9.6 0.3 3.2 747 33 4.6

Construction(2)

             104.6 2.0 1.9 7,379 250 3.5

Manufacturing

 57.8 59.0 59.1 1.3 2.2 137.7 6.1 4.6 12,782 203 1.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 143.2 146.1 143.9 0.7 0.5 288.3 7.9 2.8 27,562 208 0.8

Information

 19.7 20.0 20.4 0.7 3.6 39.6 2.3 6.2 2,795 -28 -1.0

Financial Activities

 58.3 61.5 61.5 3.2 5.5 89.8 3.1 3.6 8,605 109 1.3

Professional & Business Services

 124.5 126.4 128.9 4.4 3.5 219.2 6.0 2.8 21,343 515 2.5

Education & Health Services

 84.9 86.0 86.5 1.6 1.9 213.3 6.9 3.3 24,316 611 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 62.4 67.8 66.4 4.0 6.4 155.7 9.0 6.1 16,561 429 2.7

Other Services

 21.9 21.4 21.7 -0.2 -0.9 40.9 0.2 0.5 5,923 102 1.8

Government

 111.2 110.4 111.8 0.6 0.5 256.7 4.8 1.9 22,929 127 0.6

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

 19,518 18,847 22,118 20,669 21,428 18,927 18,720 18,030 18,408 18,442 19,571 19,491 17,514   -2,004 -10.3

Salt Lake

 18,454 17,782 20,836 19,476 20,225 17,860 17,654 17,024 17,341 17,342 18,456 18,377 16,566   -1,888 -10.2

Tooele

 1,064 1,065 1,282 1,193 1,203 1,067 1,066 1,006 1,067 1,100 1,115 1,114 948   -116 -10.9

Utah

 47,198 45,863 54,798 50,796 52,341 46,039 45,535 44,023 45,909 49,750 48,683 47,628 42,364   -4,834 -10.2

United States (in thousands)

 5,932 5,756 6,812 6,730 6,370 5,766 5,771 5,650 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387   -545 -9.2

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 2.9 3.4 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.7   -0.3

Salt Lake

 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.7   -0.3

Tooele

 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.9   -0.4

Utah

 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7   -0.3

United States

 3.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3   -0.4

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, 4th quarter 2018(2)
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 Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 49,203 2,601 734,765 17,095 2.4 $1,087 3.5 $10,351,007 6.2

Salt Lake

 48,008 2,562 718,248 17,058 2.4 1,094 3.5 10,179,443 6.3

Tooele

 1,195 39 16,517 37 0.2 796 4.2 171,563 2.0

Utah

 107,153 5,576 1,511,472 46,599 3.2 $972 3.8 $19,064,484 7.3

United States

 10,169,140 226,160 148,061,773 2,120,056 1.5 1,144 3.2 2,202,342,150 4.8

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