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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

 838.3 839.5 839.7 840.9 842.3 843.7 842.6 844.0 845.1 850.0 853.5 856.7 858.9 2.2 0.3

Utah

 1,770.4 1,773.2 1,770.7 1,767.9 1,768.6 1,772.7 1,773.9 1,773.7 1,774.9 1,781.5 1,785.8 1,787.5 1,787.4 -0.1 0.0

United States

 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,798 158,861 158,881 158,858 -23 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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Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total Nonfarm

 835.6 862.5 862.3 26.7 3.2 1,778.3 25.2 1.4 158,649 382 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 61.3 64.0 64.6 3.3 5.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.0 -0.3 -2.7 615 -2 -0.3

Construction(2)

             149.2 4.3 3.0 8,536 60 0.7

Manufacturing

 64.0 64.6 65.2 1.2 1.9 155.4 0.9 0.6 12,694 1 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 159.6 161.8 162.5 2.9 1.8 312.7 2.0 0.6 28,652 -14 0.0

Information

 24.0 22.4 22.4 -1.6 -6.7 41.0 -2.0 -4.7 2,788 -94 -3.3

Financial Activities

 65.9 67.4 67.4 1.5 2.3 103.1 2.1 2.1 9,149 -129 -1.4

Professional & Business Services

 148.1 155.4 156.6 8.5 5.7 264.1 11.4 4.5 22,647 136 0.6

Education & Health Services

 99.6 105.5 105.8 6.2 6.2 250.5 5.9 2.4 27,666 554 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.1 73.0 73.5 2.4 3.4 184.3 4.0 2.2 17,676 77 0.4

Other Services

 23.4 24.0 23.8 0.4 1.7 48.0 0.6 1.3 6,113 46 0.8

Government

 118.6 124.4 120.5 1.9 1.6 259.0 -3.7 -1.4 22,113 -253 -1.1

(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

 27,950 28,659 26,664 - 27,520 25,542 28,755 30,486 28,252 26,311 25,354 26,930 26,611 -1,339 -4.8

Salt Lake

 26,182 26,790 24,958 - 25,742 23,886 26,835 28,481 26,439 24,695 23,777 25,250 24,982 -1,200 -4.6

Tooele

 1,768 1,869 1,706 - 1,778 1,656 1,920 2,005 1,813 1,616 1,577 1,680 1,629 -139 -7.9

Utah

 67,212 69,895 64,748 - 68,201 63,894 72,301 74,316 68,388 64,065 62,534 67,117 65,385 -1,827 -2.7

United States (in thousands)

 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 7,476 7,435 -412 -5.3

(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

 3.7 3.9 3.6 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 -0.2

Salt Lake

 3.7 3.8 3.6 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 -0.2

Tooele

 3.9 4.1 3.8 - 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.5 -0.4

Utah

 3.7 3.8 3.5 - 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 -0.1

United States

 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4 -0.2

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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 2026(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 68,963 1,256 826,875 6,879 0.8 $1,650 3.8 $17,722,511 4.9

Salt Lake

 67,367 1,202 806,304 6,546 0.8 1,666 3.9 17,451,003 4.9

Tooele

 1,596 54 20,571 333 1.6 1,018 -0.8 271,508 1.5

Utah

 140,599 2,267 1,737,775 14,655 0.9 $1,415 4.0 $31,879,113 4.9

United States

 12,381,750 418,060 154,771,941 85,572 0.1 1,654 3.9 3,320,292,610 4.1

(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