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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

 826.6 828.8 826.3 827.3 829.9 834.7 840.8 839.5 841.7 843.2 843.9 848.6 851.3 2.7 0.3

Utah

 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 1,770.9 1,776.6 1,782.7 6.1 0.3

United States

 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,770 159,025 159,068 159,280 159,536 256 0.2

(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

 830.4 854.5 855.1 24.7 3.0 1,790.3 44.8 2.6 160,458 2,189 1.4

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 58.9 64.7 62.8 3.9 6.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.1 0.0 0.0 634 -8 -1.2

Construction(2)

             143.1 6.5 4.8 8,242 191 2.4

Manufacturing

 64.6 66.3 66.6 2.0 3.1 156.4 3.2 2.1 12,898 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 167.5 166.8 166.7 -0.8 -0.5 319.7 -4.7 -1.4 29,842 194 0.7

Information

 24.7 25.5 25.6 0.9 3.6 45.0 1.5 3.4 3,020 -8 -0.3

Financial Activities

 63.4 64.2 65.0 1.6 2.5 100.1 1.7 1.7 9,317 52 0.6

Professional & Business Services

 145.6 149.0 149.7 4.1 2.8 255.9 7.3 2.9 23,045 80 0.3

Education & Health Services

 98.6 104.9 105.7 7.1 7.2 258.9 16.6 6.9 26,962 982 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 68.8 69.7 69.8 1.0 1.5 168.7 -0.6 -0.4 16,784 299 1.8

Other Services

 22.1 22.4 22.2 0.1 0.5 46.3 1.3 2.9 5,917 71 1.2

Government

 116.2 121.0 121.0 4.8 4.1 285.1 12.0 4.4 23,797 429 1.8

(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

 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,857 20,643 22,669 26,910 26,966 28,336 26,270 24,890 22,574 21,901   3,185 17.0

Salt Lake

 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,645 19,405 21,309 25,294 25,362 26,715 24,750 23,477 21,241 20,556   2,889 16.4

Tooele

 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,212 1,238 1,360 1,616 1,604 1,621 1,520 1,413 1,333 1,345   296 28.2

Utah

 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,623 49,319 56,521 67,422 65,374 69,169 63,775 59,593 55,020 53,239   8,045 17.8

United States (in thousands)

 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452   545 9.2

(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

 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.0   0.5

Salt Lake

 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.9   0.4

Tooele

 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.4   0.7

Utah

 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.9   0.4

United States

 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8   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, 3rd quarter 2024(2)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 69,108 2,277 820,113 6,512 0.8 $1,413 3.9 $15,011,356 4.8

Salt Lake

 67,579 2,217 799,271 5,191 0.7 1,424 3.9 14,735,118 4.6

Tooele

 1,529 60 20,842 1,321 6.8 1,024 7.0 276,239 14.4

Utah

 140,387 4,202 1,724,313 18,329 1.1 $1,248 4.3 $27,790,286 5.5

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 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