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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

 825.9 826.1 826.1 828.2 830.0 831.2 832.1 834.4 836.7 839.0 841.2 843.0 845.1 2.1 0.2

Utah

 1,739.4 1,741.3 1,740.0 1,744.7 1,749.8 1,757.1 1,758.9 1,764.0 1,769.6 1,770.4 1,774.8 1,777.3 1,781.5 4.2 0.2

United States

 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,422 159,561 139 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

 826.9 839.9 846.5 19.6 2.4 1,786.0 42.9 2.5 159,964 1,708 1.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 60.3 62.3 64.1 3.8 6.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.8 0.4 3.5 624 0 0.0

Construction(2)

             146.5 7.8 5.6 8,354 117 1.4

Manufacturing

 62.9 65.0 65.0 2.1 3.3 155.7 3.2 2.1 12,740 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 160.6 160.2 159.9 -0.7 -0.4 310.8 -3.1 -1.0 28,954 160 0.6

Information

 23.5 24.0 23.8 0.3 1.3 41.7 0.3 0.7 2,928 -11 -0.4

Financial Activities

 64.2 64.6 65.1 0.9 1.4 100.9 2.4 2.4 9,223 97 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 144.5 144.9 146.9 2.4 1.7 251.0 2.5 1.0 22,618 -64 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 98.3 104.7 105.5 7.2 7.3 256.8 18.0 7.5 27,296 921 3.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 70.7 70.2 71.8 1.1 1.6 178.0 3.1 1.8 17,331 255 1.5

Other Services

 23.1 22.7 22.6 -0.5 -2.2 45.2 -1.2 -2.6 6,059 76 1.3

Government

 118.8 121.3 121.8 3.0 2.5 287.6 9.5 3.4 23,837 246 1.0

(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

 22,443 25,624 26,355 26,489 22,518 22,976 22,568 21,897 23,746 25,247 23,984 23,384 24,684 2,241 10.0

Salt Lake

 21,048 24,023 24,731 24,913 21,169 21,621 21,185 20,504 22,213 23,615 22,437 21,897 23,084 2,036 9.7

Tooele

 1,395 1,601 1,624 1,576 1,349 1,355 1,383 1,393 1,533 1,632 1,547 1,487 1,600 205 14.7

Utah

 56,738 65,198 64,797 65,618 55,416 55,827 55,812 53,965 58,614 60,741 57,368 56,153 61,229 4,491 7.9

United States (in thousands)

 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 580 9.3

(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

 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 0.2

Salt Lake

 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 0.3

Tooele

 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6 0.5

Utah

 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.3 0.2

United States

 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 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, 4th quarter 2024(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 70,346 1,976 828,029 9,912 1.2 $1,525 4.0 $16,418,928 5.3

Salt Lake

 68,796 1,923 807,341 8,522 1.1 1,537 4.1 16,129,818 5.2

Tooele

 1,550 53 20,688 1,390 7.2 1,065 3.9 289,110 12.0

Utah

 142,592 3,327 1,735,762 22,607 1.3 $1,333 3.7 $30,093,977 5.2

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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