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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

 838.2 838.3 839.5 839.7 840.9 842.3 843.7 842.6 844.0 845.1 850.0 853.5 855.9 2.4 0.3

Utah

 1,765.1 1,770.4 1,773.2 1,770.7 1,767.9 1,768.6 1,772.7 1,773.9 1,773.7 1,774.9 1,781.5 1,785.8 1,786.9 1.1 0.1

United States

 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,798 158,927 158,984 57 0.0

(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

 839.1 856.6 862.0 22.9 2.7 1,790.3 26.3 1.5 159,830 531 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 62.0 62.5 64.1 2.1 3.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.0 -0.3 -2.7 612 -9 -1.4

Construction(2)

             148.6 3.4 2.3 8,504 59 0.7

Manufacturing

 64.0 64.2 64.1 0.1 0.2 154.1 -0.4 -0.3 12,670 -37 -0.3

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 159.5 161.2 161.7 2.2 1.4 311.4 1.1 0.4 28,717 -8 0.0

Information

 23.7 22.4 22.7 -1.0 -4.2 41.3 -1.1 -2.6 2,791 -91 -3.2

Financial Activities

 65.2 66.9 67.3 2.1 3.2 102.9 2.5 2.5 9,137 -102 -1.1

Professional & Business Services

 146.7 153.9 155.6 8.9 6.1 263.5 11.8 4.7 22,640 106 0.5

Education & Health Services

 100.5 106.6 105.2 4.7 4.7 249.7 5.8 2.4 27,772 655 2.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.9 71.7 72.8 0.9 1.3 182.5 2.5 1.4 17,656 116 0.7

Other Services

 23.2 23.8 24.1 0.9 3.9 48.3 1.3 2.8 6,118 57 0.9

Government

 122.4 123.4 124.4 2.0 1.6 277.0 -0.3 -0.1 23,213 -215 -0.9

(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

 28,033 27,950 28,659 26,664 - 27,520 25,542 28,755 30,486 28,252 26,311 25,354 26,957 -1,076 -3.8

Salt Lake

 26,208 26,182 26,790 24,958 - 25,742 23,886 26,835 28,481 26,439 24,695 23,777 25,274 -934 -3.6

Tooele

 1,825 1,768 1,869 1,706 - 1,778 1,656 1,920 2,005 1,813 1,616 1,577 1,683 -142 -7.8

Utah

 68,975 67,212 69,895 64,748 - 68,201 63,894 72,301 74,316 68,388 64,065 62,534 67,166 -1,809 -2.6

United States (in thousands)

 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 7,476 16 0.2

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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-Murray, UT

 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.6 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.6 -0.2

Salt Lake

 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.6 -0.1

Tooele

 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.8 - 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.7 -0.3

Utah

 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 - 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.7 0.0

United States

 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 0.0

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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, 4th quarter 2025(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 71,331 715 841,983 13,432 1.6 $1,594 4.3 $17,458,695 6.1

Salt Lake

 69,718 660 821,026 13,215 1.6 1,607 4.4 17,166,155 6.2

Tooele

 1,613 55 20,957 217 1.0 1,071 0.8 292,540 1.2

Utah

 144,622 1,580 1,761,550 24,581 1.4 $1,389 4.1 $31,854,639 5.7

United States

 12,428,415 230,709 156,700,218 299,175 0.2 1,569 4.2 3,199,848,462 4.4

(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