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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

 834.5 836.0 838.0 838.5 838.2 838.3 839.5 839.7 840.9 842.3 843.7 842.6 844.0 1.4 0.2

Utah

 1,760.6 1,763.0 1,767.5 1,768.3 1,765.1 1,770.4 1,773.2 1,770.7 1,767.9 1,768.6 1,772.7 1,773.9 1,774.1 0.2 0.0

United States

 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,459 -133 -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

 830.1 833.1 837.9 7.8 0.9 1,765.0 11.6 0.7 157,204 47 0.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 59.8 58.0 58.9 -0.9 -1.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             10.7 -0.5 -4.5 594 -22 -3.6

Construction(2)

             138.9 1.2 0.9 8,005 38 0.5

Manufacturing

 63.4 63.5 63.8 0.4 0.6 153.4 0.1 0.1 12,524 -102 -0.8

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 160.3 161.5 160.4 0.1 0.1 308.4 -2.2 -0.7 28,377 -228 -0.8

Information

 23.4 21.5 22.0 -1.4 -6.0 40.4 -1.5 -3.6 2,769 -93 -3.2

Financial Activities

 64.7 66.3 66.4 1.7 2.6 101.7 2.2 2.2 9,102 -50 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

 143.8 147.9 149.1 5.3 3.7 255.3 8.6 3.5 22,148 -60 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 100.6 103.5 104.1 3.5 3.5 257.2 5.1 2.0 27,799 629 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.4 68.1 69.3 -2.1 -2.9 175.5 0.2 0.1 16,338 131 0.8

Other Services

 23.1 22.6 22.8 -0.3 -1.3 45.8 -0.8 -1.7 5,975 55 0.9

Government

 119.6 120.2 121.1 1.5 1.3 277.7 -0.8 -0.3 23,573 -251 -1.1

(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

 25,247 23,984 23,384 24,671 27,931 27,056 28,240 26,566 - 27,078 25,626 28,755 30,487 5,240 20.8

Salt Lake

 23,615 22,437 21,897 23,072 26,110 25,346 26,397 24,863 - 25,327 23,966 26,835 28,482 4,867 20.6

Tooele

 1,632 1,547 1,487 1,599 1,821 1,710 1,843 1,703 - 1,751 1,660 1,920 2,005 373 22.9

Utah

 66,600 63,247 61,051 62,966 68,975 67,212 69,895 64,748 - 68,201 63,894 72,301 74,318 7,718 11.6

United States (in thousands)

 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 480 6.3

(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
Unemployment rate, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 3.9 4.1 0.7

Salt Lake

 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 3.9 4.1 0.7

Tooele

 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.8 - 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.5 0.9

Utah

 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 - 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.1 0.5

United States

 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 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
Covered employment and wages(1), Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 70,291 935 830,007 9,791 1.2 $1,479 4.5 $15,916,108 5.9

Salt Lake

 68,692 871 808,891 9,621 1.2 1,490 4.6 15,636,827 6.0

Tooele

 1,599 64 21,116 170 0.8 1,030 0.1 279,280 0.3

Utah

 142,413 1,705 1,745,866 20,965 1.2 $1,297 3.8 $29,350,053 5.5

United States

 12,353,804 251,610 155,767,691 123,258 0.1 1,459 4.7 2,946,280,747 5.0

(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