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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)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 834.4 836.7 839.0 841.2 843.0 843.2 841.5 839.8 841.4 842.5 843.3 846.5 849.3 2.8 0.3

Utah

 1,764.0 1,769.6 1,770.4 1,774.8 1,777.3 1,778.7 1,771.1 1,766.8 1,775.9 1,779.3 1,775.7 1,779.9 1,784.6 4.7 0.3

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 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

 835.3 849.9 850.6 15.3 1.8 1,791.7 21.8 1.2 160,448 525 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 59.9 63.3 62.1 2.2 3.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.2 -0.4 -3.4 606 -17 -2.7

Construction(2)

             141.5 2.9 2.1 8,231 12 0.1

Manufacturing

 64.0 63.4 64.1 0.1 0.2 154.3 -0.5 -0.3 12,711 -75 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 167.4 165.7 167.5 0.1 0.1 320.1 -4.0 -1.2 29,707 -92 -0.3

Information

 23.1 24.2 24.5 1.4 6.1 43.7 2.6 6.3 2,932 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 64.7 65.2 66.1 1.4 2.2 103.0 2.9 2.9 9,274 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 142.9 148.7 148.0 5.1 3.6 253.4 5.4 2.2 22,605 -102 -0.4

Education & Health Services

 101.5 106.0 105.8 4.3 4.2 259.4 7.4 2.9 27,793 700 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 69.7 68.6 67.9 -1.8 -2.6 174.0 1.5 0.9 16,861 189 1.1

Other Services

 22.8 22.6 22.6 -0.2 -0.9 44.7 -1.1 -2.4 6,042 60 1.0

Government

 119.3 122.2 122.0 2.7 2.3 286.4 5.1 1.8 23,686 -157 -0.7

(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

 21,897 23,746 25,247 23,984 23,384 24,671 27,931 27,056 28,240 26,566 - 27,078 25,626 3,729 17.0

Salt Lake

 20,504 22,213 23,615 22,437 21,897 23,072 26,110 25,346 26,397 24,863 - 25,327 23,966 3,462 16.9

Tooele

 1,393 1,533 1,632 1,547 1,487 1,599 1,821 1,710 1,843 1,703 - 1,751 1,660 267 19.2

Utah

 53,965 58,614 60,741 57,368 56,153 61,204 68,846 65,118 68,972 64,657 - 67,234 64,224 10,259 19.0

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

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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

 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 0.4

Salt Lake

 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 - 3.6 3.4 0.4

Tooele

 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.8 - 3.8 3.7 0.6

Utah

 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.5 - 3.6 3.5 0.6

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 0.3

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

 69,014 1,187 827,420 11,680 1.4 $1,462 1.7 $15,709,928 3.2

Salt Lake

 67,440 1,118 807,153 11,727 1.5 1,473 1.7 15,441,309 3.3

Tooele

 1,574 69 20,267 -47 -0.2 1,007 -1.6 268,619 -1.4

Utah

 140,506 2,266 1,737,680 23,356 1.4 $1,285 2.8 $29,074,998 4.5

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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