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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

 821.2 823.7 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 826.3 827.3 829.9 834.7 840.8 839.5 841.4 1.9 0.2

Utah

 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 1,756.7 1,763.0 6.3 0.4

United States

 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,637 158,779 142 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

 821.9 842.9 844.0 22.1 2.7 1,760.8 40.3 2.3 158,650 2,295 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 60.2 63.2 64.1 3.9 6.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.2 0.1 0.9 644 -8 -1.2

Construction(2)

             147.1 8.9 6.4 8,497 234 2.8

Manufacturing

 64.0 66.3 65.9 1.9 3.0 155.6 2.4 1.6 12,982 -19 -0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 160.7 161.6 160.6 -0.1 -0.1 312.1 -2.0 -0.6 28,924 212 0.7

Information

 24.4 24.6 24.5 0.1 0.4 43.3 0.0 0.0 3,023 2 0.1

Financial Activities

 63.4 64.5 63.3 -0.1 -0.2 98.0 -0.3 -0.3 9,313 35 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 146.5 150.9 151.3 4.8 3.3 257.9 6.9 2.7 23,068 88 0.4

Education & Health Services

 95.4 100.3 101.4 6.0 6.3 244.3 14.5 6.3 26,190 972 3.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.0 72.7 71.8 0.8 1.1 176.4 -0.1 -0.1 17,594 288 1.7

Other Services

 23.2 22.4 22.8 -0.4 -1.7 46.7 0.2 0.4 5,959 64 1.1

Government

 113.1 116.4 118.3 5.2 4.6 268.2 9.7 3.8 22,456 427 1.9

(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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Number Percent

Salt Lake City, UT

 21,788 18,953 19,411 18,579 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,857 20,643 22,669 26,910 26,966 28,350   6,562 30.1

Salt Lake

 20,599 17,936 18,299 17,508 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,645 19,405 21,309 25,294 25,362 26,727   6,128 29.7

Tooele

 1,189 1,017 1,112 1,071 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,212 1,238 1,360 1,616 1,604 1,623   434 36.5

Utah

 52,631 45,714 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,623 49,319 56,521 67,422 65,374 69,190   16,559 31.5

United States (in thousands)

 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415   792 12.0

(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

 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8   0.9

Salt Lake

 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8   0.9

Tooele

 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.1   1.1

Utah

 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.9   1.0

United States

 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4   0.5

(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

 66,267 1,730 810,620 14,491 1.8 $1,533 5.7 $16,097,576 7.5

Salt Lake

 64,785 1,693 790,522 13,738 1.8 1,546 5.7 15,830,143 7.4

Tooele

 1,482 37 20,098 753 3.9 1,019 8.9 267,433 13.9

Utah

 135,682 3,423 1,699,634 30,964 1.9 $1,313 5.2 $28,866,757 7.0

United States

 12,169,000 402,702 153,585,576 2,015,839 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