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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

 838.5 838.2 838.3 839.5 839.7 840.9 842.3 843.7 842.6 844.0 845.1 850.0 853.2 3.2 0.4

Utah

 1,768.3 1,765.1 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 1,785.3 3.8 0.2

United States

 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,829 159,001 172 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-Murray, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 838.9 848.7 856.7 17.8 2.1 1,790.1 16.9 1.0 159,467 435 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 61.9 61.0 62.7 0.8 1.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             10.8 -0.5 -4.4 612 -6 -1.0

Construction(2)

             145.3 1.3 0.9 8,384 58 0.7

Manufacturing

 63.9 63.8 64.1 0.2 0.3 153.2 -1.0 -0.6 12,595 -47 -0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 159.0 160.8 161.3 2.3 1.4 310.4 0.2 0.1 28,595 -36 -0.1

Information

 23.7 22.4 22.4 -1.3 -5.5 41.1 -1.1 -2.6 2,776 -87 -3.0

Financial Activities

 65.0 66.5 66.2 1.2 1.8 101.7 1.5 1.5 9,079 -107 -1.2

Professional & Business Services

 147.6 152.2 154.1 6.5 4.4 262.0 7.1 2.8 22,532 39 0.2

Education & Health Services

 101.6 106.0 106.8 5.2 5.1 255.5 6.8 2.7 27,903 629 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.2 70.5 71.9 0.7 1.0 179.5 2.4 1.4 17,309 147 0.9

Other Services

 23.2 23.4 23.8 0.6 2.6 47.8 1.1 2.4 6,053 32 0.5

Government

 121.8 122.1 123.4 1.6 1.3 282.8 -0.9 -0.3 23,629 -187 -0.8

(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-Murray, UT

 25,424 28,033 27,950 28,659 26,664 - 27,520 25,542 28,755 30,486 28,252 26,311 25,366 -58 -0.2

Salt Lake

 23,777 26,208 26,182 26,790 24,958 - 25,742 23,886 26,835 28,481 26,439 24,695 23,788 11 0.0

Tooele

 1,647 1,825 1,768 1,869 1,706 - 1,778 1,656 1,920 2,005 1,813 1,616 1,578 -69 -4.2

Utah

 62,966 68,975 67,212 69,895 64,748 - 68,201 63,894 72,301 74,316 68,388 64,065 62,555 -411 -0.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 89 1.3

(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

 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.6 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 0.0

Salt Lake

 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.4 0.0

Tooele

 3.7 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.8 - 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.5 -0.2

Utah

 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 - 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.4 0.0

United States

 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 0.1

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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, 4th quarter 2025(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 71,331 715 841,983 13,432 1.6 $1,594 4.3 $17,458,695 6.1

Salt Lake

 69,718 660 821,026 13,215 1.6 1,607 4.4 17,166,155 6.2

Tooele

 1,613 55 20,957 217 1.0 1,071 0.8 292,540 1.2

Utah

 144,622 1,580 1,761,550 24,581 1.4 $1,389 4.1 $31,854,639 5.7

United States

 12,428,415 230,709 156,700,218 299,175 0.2 1,569 4.2 3,199,848,462 4.4

(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