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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)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 807.4 808.9 810.9 808.8 810.2 810.4 815.6 820.5 823.6 826.9 828.6 829.4 828.5 -0.9 -0.1

Utah

 1,684.5 1,689.7 1,694.8 1,692.6 1,695.4 1,695.5 1,701.3 1,711.2 1,714.1 1,720.3 1,726.4 1,726.0 1,725.2 -0.8 0.0

United States

 152,980 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,155 156,342 187 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

 803.0 831.6 828.4 25.4 3.2 1,720.3 49.3 3.0 156,126 3,251 2.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 57.8 61.9 61.8 4.0 6.9                

Mining & Logging(2)

             10.7 0.5 4.9 651 29 4.7

Construction(2)

             138.9 4.2 3.1 8,189 197 2.5

Manufacturing

 63.9 64.7 64.7 0.8 1.3 153.8 1.0 0.7 13,042 115 0.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 159.4 157.4 159.0 -0.4 -0.3 312.3 0.1 0.0 28,805 164 0.6

Information

 24.7 26.5 27.3 2.6 10.5 47.4 1.8 3.9 3,097 -33 -1.1

Financial Activities

 63.8 62.5 63.1 -0.7 -1.1 98.5 0.1 0.1 9,230 104 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 146.2 147.5 146.4 0.2 0.1 251.1 0.8 0.3 23,094 359 1.6

Education & Health Services

 91.2 96.6 95.8 4.6 5.0 228.2 10.2 4.7 25,113 994 4.1

Leisure & Hospitality

 66.2 75.4 75.3 9.1 13.7 184.4 17.5 10.5 17,371 659 3.9

Other Services

 22.9 25.2 25.3 2.4 10.5 48.9 4.4 9.9 5,966 166 2.9

Government

 106.9 113.9 109.7 2.8 2.6 246.1 8.7 3.7 21,568 497 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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Salt Lake City, UT

 17,075 18,220 15,283 16,066 15,697 15,056 18,447 19,006 18,136 16,829 18,387 20,479 20,731   3,656 21.4

Salt Lake

 16,079 17,155 14,397 15,100 14,744 14,150 17,352 17,912 17,101 15,879 17,365 19,364 19,618   3,539 22.0

Tooele

 996 1,065 886 966 953 906 1,095 1,094 1,035 950 1,022 1,115 1,113   117 11.7

Utah

 40,600 44,341 36,763 38,894 38,865 37,320 45,871 46,175 43,568 40,086 44,608 49,758 49,254   8,654 21.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372   117 1.9

(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

 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7   0.3

Salt Lake

 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7   0.3

Tooele

 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8   0.2

Utah

 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7   0.4

United States

 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8   0.0

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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, 1st quarter 2023(2)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 65,691 4,775 794,937 16,198 2.1 $1,445 7.8 $14,893,393 10.5

Salt Lake

 64,204 4,706 775,738 15,976 2.1 1,457 7.8 14,660,776 10.6

Tooele

 1,487 69 19,199 222 1.2 935 7.1 232,617 7.8

Utah

 134,658 7,895 1,666,860 38,318 2.4 $1,245 7.9 $26,906,204 10.9

United States

 11,883,196 610,010 151,418,052 3,642,075 2.5 1,465 6.6 2,873,835,485 9.6

(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