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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

 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 826.3 827.3 829.9 834.7 840.8 839.5 841.7 843.2 843.7 0.5 0.1

Utah

 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 1,763.5 1,766.5 1,771.1 4.6 0.3

United States

 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,770 158,993 159,005 12 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, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 830.0 843.4 847.5 17.5 2.1 1,782.8 32.9 1.9 160,007 2,129 1.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 60.1 63.9 64.9 4.8 8.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.1 0.1 0.9 643 -5 -0.8

Construction(2)

             148.3 9.2 6.6 8,470 221 2.7

Manufacturing

 63.9 65.8 66.0 2.1 3.3 155.7 2.8 1.8 12,874 -48 -0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 163.5 160.4 162.9 -0.6 -0.4 314.1 -4.7 -1.5 29,157 184 0.6

Information

 24.1 24.8 24.9 0.8 3.3 43.6 0.9 2.1 2,999 10 0.3

Financial Activities

 63.4 63.7 63.9 0.5 0.8 98.6 0.5 0.5 9,275 31 0.3

Professional & Business Services

 149.0 148.7 148.4 -0.6 -0.4 254.8 0.5 0.2 23,084 -32 -0.1

Education & Health Services

 98.4 101.6 103.1 4.7 4.8 254.9 13.4 5.5 26,830 982 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 68.0 70.8 69.6 1.6 2.4 169.3 -1.3 -0.8 16,945 241 1.4

Other Services

 23.1 22.5 22.4 -0.7 -3.0 46.6 -0.1 -0.2 5,926 69 1.2

Government

 116.5 121.2 121.4 4.9 4.2 285.8 11.6 4.2 23,804 476 2.0

(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, UT

 19,411 18,579 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,857 20,643 22,669 26,910 26,966 28,336 26,270 24,901   5,490 28.3

Salt Lake

 18,299 17,508 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,645 19,405 21,309 25,294 25,362 26,715 24,750 23,490   5,191 28.4

Tooele

 1,112 1,071 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,212 1,238 1,360 1,616 1,604 1,621 1,520 1,411   299 26.9

Utah

 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,623 49,319 56,521 67,422 65,374 69,169 63,775 59,617   12,712 27.1

United States (in thousands)

 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631   533 8.7

(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
Unemployment rate, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Salt Lake City, UT

 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.4   0.8

Salt Lake

 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.4   0.8

Tooele

 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.6   0.8

Utah

 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.3   0.7

United States

 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9   0.3

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

                  

Salt Lake

 66,291 1,757 796,635 3,424 0.4 1,448 6.3 14,961,983 7.2

Tooele

                  

Utah

 138,236 3,484 1,715,209 13,626 0.8 $1,249 5.6 $27,832,682 6.9

United States

 12,238,175 452,458 155,710,239 1,250,609 0.8 1,390 4.4 2,804,558,689 5.5

(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