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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

 817.3 821.9 819.3 821.2 823.7 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 826.3 827.3 829.9 833.8 3.9 0.5

Utah

 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 1,741.9 1,746.1 1,751.7 1,755.3 3.6 0.2

United States

 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,271 158,543 272 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

 817.3 828.3 835.1 17.8 2.2 1,759.6 38.1 2.2 158,918 2,786 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 58.8 58.9 60.7 1.9 3.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.0 0.3 2.8 633 -7 -1.1

Construction(2)

             140.6 6.5 4.8 8,278 254 3.2

Manufacturing

 64.1 64.8 66.0 1.9 3.0 156.5 4.0 2.6 12,940 30 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 160.4 161.6 162.0 1.6 1.0 315.8 2.2 0.7 28,892 193 0.7

Information

 24.0 24.2 24.5 0.5 2.1 42.8 -0.1 -0.2 2,995 -44 -1.4

Financial Activities

 63.2 62.7 63.3 0.1 0.2 97.9 -0.1 -0.1 9,200 36 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 145.8 145.7 146.4 0.6 0.4 251.6 0.2 0.1 22,987 115 0.5

Education & Health Services

 95.4 100.5 100.3 4.9 5.1 242.3 10.6 4.6 26,269 1,059 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 69.1 69.3 70.2 1.1 1.6 173.7 1.4 0.8 17,194 412 2.5

Other Services

 22.9 22.4 22.7 -0.2 -0.9 46.6 0.7 1.5 5,927 97 1.7

Government

 113.6 118.2 119.0 5.4 4.8 280.8 12.4 4.6 23,603 641 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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Number Percent

Salt Lake City, UT

 18,769 20,526 20,229 21,788 18,953 19,411 18,579 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,857 20,643 22,702   3,933 21.0

Salt Lake

 17,727 19,409 19,144 20,599 17,936 18,299 17,508 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,645 19,405 21,342   3,615 20.4

Tooele

 1,042 1,117 1,085 1,189 1,017 1,112 1,071 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,212 1,238 1,360   318 30.5

Utah

 45,529 49,849 48,088 52,631 45,714 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,623 49,319 56,572   11,043 24.3

United States (in thousands)

 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535 9.4

(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 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1   0.5

Salt Lake

 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1   0.5

Tooele

 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5   0.8

Utah

 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2   0.6

United States

 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7   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, 4th quarter 2023(2)
Area

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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 68,217 1,411 818,669 14,144 1.8 $1,467 4.6 $15,596,054 6.3

Salt Lake

 66,724 1,434 799,472 14,797 1.9 1,478 4.5 15,338,342 6.2

Tooele

 1,493 -23 19,197 -653 -3.3 1,028 9.7 257,712 7.7

Utah

 138,996 2,375 1,713,548 34,514 2.1 $1,285 4.5 $28,600,461 6.6

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(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