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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Salt Lake City, Utah, 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, Utah MSA

 754.9 755.7 759.0 758.5 762.7 764.3 765.9 766.3 765.8 763.1 696.0 705.8 712.8 7.0 1.0

Utah

 1,557.9 1,560.6 1,566.9 1,567.6 1,574.9 1,579.8 1,583.3 1,584.6 1,587.4 1,582.7 1,442.8 1,480.4 1,516.0 35.6 2.4

United States

 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,212 152,463 151,090 130,303 133,002 137,802 4,800 3.6

Footnotes
(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, Utah MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 755.5 707.5 713.9 -41.6 -5.5 1,515.2 -43.1 -2.8 138,513 -13,226 -8.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 47.3 49.1 50.3 3.0 6.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             8.6 -1.0 -10.4 628 -118 -15.8

Construction(2)

             121.3 9.7 8.7 7,359 -340 -4.4

Manufacturing

 59.9 59.3 59.2 -0.7 -1.2 135.8 -1.9 -1.4 12,169 -753 -5.8

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 148.2 143.4 145.8 -2.4 -1.6 290.6 1.4 0.5 25,753 -1,945 -7.0

Information

 21.0 20.1 19.8 -1.2 -5.7 39.1 -0.6 -1.5 2,586 -288 -10.0

Financial Activities

 60.4 57.7 58.7 -1.7 -2.8 90.7 0.6 0.7 8,650 -133 -1.5

Professional & Business Services

 132.2 118.5 119.4 -12.8 -9.7 217.3 -8.4 -3.7 19,836 -1,592 -7.4

Education & Health Services

 85.7 82.7 82.2 -3.5 -4.1 202.3 -1.1 -0.5 22,569 -1,370 -5.7

Leisure & Hospitality

 64.7 46.3 52.2 -12.5 -19.3 124.3 -32.4 -20.7 12,556 -4,663 -27.1

Other Services

 23.1 22.0 22.0 -1.1 -4.8 41.1 -1.8 -4.2 5,254 -716 -12.0

Government

 113.0 108.4 104.3 -8.7 -7.7 244.1 -7.6 -3.0 21,153 -1,308 -5.8

Footnotes
(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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Number Percent

Salt Lake City, Utah

 19,594 17,666 17,526 14,447 14,097 13,869 14,063 17,992 18,539 26,884 74,532 63,096 42,820   23,226 118.5

Salt Lake

 18,453 16,606 16,512 13,616 13,291 13,095 13,247 16,976 17,525 25,405 71,004 60,069 40,842   22,389 121.3

Tooele

 1,141 1,060 1,014 831 806 774 816 1,016 1,014 1,479 3,528 3,027 1,978   837 73.4

Utah

 48,104 43,635 42,719 34,864 34,061 33,756 35,240 45,458 46,499 65,980 165,215 136,316 92,009   43,905 91.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504 6,218 7,370 22,504 20,514 18,072   11,780 187.2

Footnotes
(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, Utah

 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.7 4.0 11.2 9.4 6.2   3.3

Salt Lake

 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.6 2.7 4.0 11.2 9.5 6.3   3.4

Tooele

 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.9 4.3 10.5 9.0 5.7   2.4

Utah

 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.8 2.8 4.1 10.4 8.5 5.5   2.5

United States

 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.5 14.4 13.0 11.2   7.4

Footnotes
(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(1)employment and wages, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2019(2)
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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 51,238 2,230 751,278 17,070 2.3 $1,148 5.5 $11,197,998 8.2

Salt Lake

 49,995 2,177 734,661 16,880 2.4 1,155 5.5 11,016,498 8.2

Tooele

 1,243 53 16,617 190 1.2 837 4.9 181,500 6.0

Utah

 111,251 4,445 1,547,765 37,070 2.5 $1,022 5.0 $20,545,926 7.8

United States

 10,384,120 246,894 149,857,130 1,727,935 1.2 1,185 3.5 2,308,325,349 4.8

Footnotes
(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