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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

 828.2 830.0 831.2 832.1 834.4 836.7 839.0 841.2 843.0 843.2 841.5 839.8 841.0 1.2 0.1

Utah

 1,744.7 1,749.8 1,757.1 1,758.9 1,764.0 1,769.6 1,770.4 1,774.8 1,777.3 1,778.7 1,771.1 1,766.8 1,775.1 8.3 0.5

United States

 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,518 159,540 22 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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Total Nonfarm

 828.8 842.7 843.6 14.8 1.8 1,774.0 33.6 1.9 159,410 1,340 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 61.8 63.2 62.7 0.9 1.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             11.6 0.0 0.0 617 -14 -2.2

Construction(2)

             143.8 1.2 0.8 8,505 47 0.6

Manufacturing

 63.4 64.1 63.0 -0.4 -0.6 153.7 0.3 0.2 12,783 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 161.0 160.6 160.9 -0.1 -0.1 311.2 -3.0 -1.0 28,940 136 0.5

Information

 23.2 23.7 24.0 0.8 3.4 42.0 0.9 2.2 2,950 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

 65.0 64.7 65.1 0.1 0.2 101.3 1.7 1.7 9,305 76 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 145.4 146.7 146.6 1.2 0.8 251.3 1.6 0.6 22,646 -68 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 97.9 104.7 105.4 7.5 7.7 257.0 20.0 8.4 27,169 847 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 71.4 73.3 73.2 1.8 2.5 182.6 4.2 2.4 17,688 221 1.3

Other Services

 23.3 23.1 22.9 -0.4 -1.7 45.6 -1.3 -2.8 6,099 74 1.2

Government

 116.4 118.6 119.8 3.4 2.9 273.9 8.0 3.0 22,708 112 0.5

(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

 26,489 22,518 22,976 22,568 21,897 23,746 25,247 23,984 23,384 24,671 27,931 27,056 28,249 1,760 6.6

Salt Lake

 24,913 21,169 21,621 21,185 20,504 22,213 23,615 22,437 21,897 23,072 26,110 25,346 26,404 1,491 6.0

Tooele

 1,576 1,349 1,355 1,383 1,393 1,533 1,632 1,547 1,487 1,599 1,821 1,710 1,845 269 17.1

Utah

 65,618 55,416 55,827 55,812 53,965 58,614 60,741 57,368 56,153 61,204 68,846 65,118 68,990 3,372 5.1

United States (in thousands)

 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 332 4.5

(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

 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.8 0.2

Salt Lake

 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.8 0.2

Tooele

 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.1 0.6

Utah

 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.8 0.2

United States

 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 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, 1st quarter 2025(2)
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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT MSA

 67,503 962 818,661 7,964 1.0 $1,587 3.5 $16,861,975 4.6

Salt Lake

 65,968 906 798,498 7,967 1.0 1,601 3.4 16,593,152 4.7

Tooele

 1,535 56 20,163 -3 0.0 1,035 1.8 268,823 0.4

Utah

 138,055 1,988 1,720,484 18,337 1.1 $1,365 4.0 $30,443,269 5.4

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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