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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

 819.3 821.2 823.7 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 826.3 827.3 829.9 834.7 840.8 838.4 -2.4 -0.3

Utah

 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 1,755.5 1,760.6 1,759.2 -1.4 -0.1

United States

 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,609 158,723 114 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, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 817.5 844.3 841.8 24.3 3.0 1,754.6 48.5 2.8 158,445 2,464 1.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 60.1 62.0 63.6 3.5 5.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.2 0.0 0.0 640 -12 -1.8

Construction(2)

             146.5 8.8 6.4 8,484 244 3.0

Manufacturing

 64.1 65.5 66.4 2.3 3.6 156.5 3.3 2.2 13,010 13 0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 160.2 161.9 162.1 1.9 1.2 315.1 2.5 0.8 29,001 231 0.8

Information

 24.5 24.8 24.5 0.0 0.0 43.3 0.0 0.0 3,021 -25 -0.8

Financial Activities

 63.7 63.3 64.3 0.6 0.9 99.4 0.8 0.8 9,314 23 0.2

Professional & Business Services

 145.9 149.7 149.8 3.9 2.7 256.8 5.9 2.4 23,087 136 0.6

Education & Health Services

 94.3 100.6 99.5 5.2 5.5 240.2 13.2 5.8 26,083 988 3.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 70.3 72.7 72.7 2.4 3.4 180.0 3.7 2.1 17,678 256 1.5

Other Services

 23.3 22.9 22.5 -0.8 -3.4 46.3 -0.5 -1.1 5,990 83 1.4

Government

 111.1 120.9 116.4 5.3 4.8 259.3 10.8 4.3 22,137 527 2.4

(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

 20,229 21,788 18,953 19,411 18,579 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,857 20,643 22,669 26,910 26,974   6,745 33.3

Salt Lake

 19,144 20,599 17,936 18,299 17,508 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,645 19,405 21,309 25,294 25,368   6,224 32.5

Tooele

 1,085 1,189 1,017 1,112 1,071 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,212 1,238 1,360 1,616 1,606   521 48.0

Utah

 48,088 52,631 45,714 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,623 49,319 56,521 67,422 65,399   17,311 36.0

United States (in thousands)

 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685   1,313 20.6

(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

 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6   0.9

Salt Lake

 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6   0.9

Tooele

 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0   1.3

Utah

 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.6   0.9

United States

 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5   0.7

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2024(2)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

                  

Salt Lake

 64,785 1,692 790,522 13,732 1.8 1,546 5.7 15,830,143 7.4

Tooele

                  

Utah

 135,682 3,423 1,699,634 31,116 1.9 $1,313 5.3 $28,866,757 7.0

United States

 12,169,000 381,722 153,585,576 2,041,940 1.3 1,527 4.2 3,035,291,673 5.6

(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