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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Salt Lake City Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2026
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Salt Lake City-Murray — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Metropolitan Area Data Tables	Employment, Pay, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2026

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Economy at a Glance:

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)742.1	734.4	734.8	731.4	730.1	(p)737.2
Employment(1)		(2)716.6	705.7	704.3	703.2	703.8	(p)711.9
Unemployment(1)		(2)25.5	28.8	30.5	28.3	26.3	(p)25.4
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.4	3.9	4.1	3.9	3.6	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		846.3	833.1	837.9	839.7	848.7	(p)856.7
12-month % change		0.8	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.4	(p)2.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		59.5	58.0	58.9	60.0	61.0	(p)62.7
12-month % change		-2.8	-2.8	-1.5	-0.2	0.0	(p)1.3
Manufacturing(4)		64.2	63.5	63.8	63.5	63.8	(p)64.1
12-month % change		0.6	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.3	(p)0.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		167.2	161.5	160.4	159.6	160.8	(p)161.3
12-month % change		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.2	(p)1.4
Information(4)		22.2	21.5	22.0	22.4	22.4	(p)22.4
12-month % change		-7.5	-7.3	-6.0	-5.1	-4.7	(p)-5.5
Financial Activities(4)		67.2	66.3	66.4	66.2	66.5	(p)66.2
12-month % change		2.9	2.8	2.6	2.8	2.6	(p)1.8
Professional and Business Services(4)		150.8	147.9	149.1	149.8	152.2	(p)154.1
12-month % change		4.4	3.2	3.7	3.4	3.5	(p)4.4
Education and Health Services(4)		102.6	103.5	104.1	104.4	106.0	(p)106.8
12-month % change		3.3	3.6	3.5	3.8	4.2	(p)5.1
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		69.7	68.1	69.3	69.4	70.5	(p)71.9
12-month % change		-3.1	-3.9	-2.9	-4.3	-2.6	(p)1.0
Other Services(4)		22.4	22.6	22.8	23.1	23.4	(p)23.8
12-month % change		-3.4	-2.2	-1.3	0.0	1.3	(p)2.6
Government(4)		120.5	120.2	121.1	121.3	122.1	(p)123.4
12-month % change		1.1	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	(p)1.3
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary