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

Salt Lake City, UT, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Salt Lake City metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 812.8 814.7 817.3 821.9 819.3 821.2 823.7 826.0 826.7 826.6 828.8 826.3 826.8 0.5 0.1

Utah

 1,709.8 1,713.1 1,718.7 1,724.5 1,722.4 1,725.9 1,734.0 1,738.5 1,739.1 1,738.3 1,743.4 1,741.9 1,746.4 4.5 0.3

United States

 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,111 315 0.2

(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, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 808.3 820.6 822.6 14.3 1.8 1,739.5 35.6 2.1 157,213 2,960 1.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 56.4 57.1 58.2 1.8 3.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             10.9 0.4 3.8 639 11 1.8

Construction(2)

             135.4 6.6 5.1 7,972 271 3.5

Manufacturing

 64.0 64.2 64.3 0.3 0.5 153.7 1.4 0.9 12,903 14 0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 159.3 160.8 161.3 2.0 1.3 313.8 1.2 0.4 28,701 148 0.5

Information

 23.7 24.4 24.1 0.4 1.7 42.4 -0.1 -0.2 3,004 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 63.1 61.6 62.2 -0.9 -1.4 96.7 -1.3 -1.3 9,169 75 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 143.5 145.3 143.8 0.3 0.2 247.0 1.2 0.5 22,724 172 0.8

Education & Health Services

 94.8 98.7 99.8 5.0 5.3 246.9 11.8 5.0 26,187 1,054 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 68.6 69.5 69.5 0.9 1.3 172.0 1.3 0.8 16,483 452 2.8

Other Services

 22.9 22.3 22.1 -0.8 -3.5 45.6 0.4 0.9 5,854 104 1.8

Government

 112.0 116.7 117.3 5.3 4.7 275.1 12.7 4.8 23,577 691 3.0

(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, UT

 19,586 17,761 18,769 20,526 20,229 21,788 18,953 19,411 18,579 18,716 21,693 24,601 20,897   1,311 6.7

Salt Lake

 18,468 16,760 17,727 19,409 19,144 20,599 17,936 18,299 17,508 17,667 20,480 23,161 19,684   1,216 6.6

Tooele

 1,118 1,001 1,042 1,117 1,085 1,189 1,017 1,112 1,071 1,049 1,213 1,440 1,213   95 8.5

Utah

 47,045 42,301 45,529 49,849 48,088 52,631 45,714 46,905 45,448 45,194 53,759 59,511 49,699   2,654 5.6

United States (in thousands)

 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604   561 9.3

(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, UT

 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.9   0.2

Salt Lake

 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8   0.1

Tooele

 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.1   0.2

Utah

 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.8   0.2

United States

 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9   0.3

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 67,331 1,653 813,713 13,817 1.7 $1,358 1.1 $14,311,930 2.8

Salt Lake

 65,845 1,677 794,192 13,719 1.8 1,368 1.1 14,070,465 2.9

Tooele

 1,486 -24 19,521 98 0.5 957 0.6 241,465 1.3

Utah

 137,165 2,599 1,706,064 38,316 2.3 $1,195 0.8 $26,323,878 2.9

United States

 12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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