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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

 771.4 774.6 771.6 775.3 777.2 779.0 780.6 783.8 785.3 788.0 787.0 791.8 793.7 1.9 0.2

Utah

 1,622.7 1,625.3 1,618.6 1,628.3 1,634.4 1,636.4 1,644.8 1,654.0 1,654.5 1,658.9 1,661.8 1,665.9 1,672.2 6.3 0.4

United States

 146,387 146,904 147,328 148,005 148,652 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,610 152,008 152,536 528 0.3

(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

 769.8 792.1 793.2 23.4 3.0 1,664.3 56.6 3.5 152,249 5,797 4.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 54.5 58.2 58.7 4.2 7.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             9.7 0.5 5.4 642 65 11.3

Construction(2)

             134.6 8.9 7.1 7,928 323 4.2

Manufacturing

 61.5 63.8 64.7 3.2 5.2 152.3 5.2 3.5 12,887 470 3.8

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 155.1 161.8 163.1 8.0 5.2 320.1 13.6 4.4 28,618 973 3.5

Information

 21.7 24.6 24.6 2.9 13.4 46.6 5.1 12.3 3,047 188 6.6

Financial Activities

 64.3 62.5 62.8 -1.5 -2.3 97.3 -1.7 -1.7 9,031 195 2.2

Professional & Business Services

 137.2 137.8 137.1 -0.1 -0.1 234.6 -2.8 -1.2 22,426 1,110 5.2

Education & Health Services

 87.8 90.7 91.5 3.7 4.2 219.4 10.7 5.1 24,199 765 3.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 60.6 63.5 64.6 4.0 6.6 167.4 12.0 7.7 16,541 1,329 8.7

Other Services

 22.6 23.2 24.2 1.6 7.1 45.1 1.8 4.2 5,786 216 3.9

Government

 104.5 106.0 101.9 -2.6 -2.5 237.2 3.3 1.4 21,144 163 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, Utah

 20,405 19,515 14,960 14,399 13,864 12,887 16,696 15,195 14,782 14,627 15,307 17,121 15,214   -5,191 -25.4

Salt Lake

 19,276 18,397 14,133 13,606 13,101 12,172 15,770 14,343 13,931 13,795 14,436 16,113 14,337   -4,939 -25.6

Tooele

 1,129 1,118 827 793 763 715 926 852 851 832 871 1,008 877   -252 -22.3

Utah

 46,796 46,413 34,707 33,968 33,035 31,229 40,416 36,470 35,574 34,986 37,419 41,969 35,894   -10,902 -23.3

United States (in thousands)

 9,221 8,556 7,366 6,896 6,302 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255   -2,966 -32.2

(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 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.1   -0.8

Salt Lake

 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.1   -0.8

Tooele

 3.0 3.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.3   -0.7

Utah

 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.1   -0.7

United States

 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8   -1.9

(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, 1st quarter 2022(2)
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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 60,284 5,828 774,647 31,037 4.2 $1,336 9.5 $13,379,893 13.9

Salt Lake

 58,871 5,703 755,593 30,874 4.3 1,348 9.7 13,164,160 14.1

Tooele

 1,413 125 19,054 163 0.9 869 3.7 215,733 5.4

Utah

 126,450 9,715 1,625,602 70,306 4.5 $1,152 8.2 $24,193,278 13.0

United States

 11,299,030 643,579 147,648,359 7,058,400 5.0 1,374 6.7 2,621,223,949 12.2

(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