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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

808.8 810.2 810.4 815.6 820.5 823.6 826.9 828.6 829.4 830.7 829.8 828.4 829.5 1.1 0.1

Utah

1,692.6 1,695.4 1,695.5 1,701.3 1,711.2 1,714.1 1,720.3 1,726.4 1,726.0 1,727.2 1,728.5 1,727.2 1,732.2 5.0 0.3

United States

154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,075 156,311 156,476 156,773 156,923 150 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, UT MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

814.6 827.6 832.7 18.1 2.2 1,742.4 38.2 2.2 157,984 2,943 1.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

58.7 59.8 59.7 1.0 1.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

            10.4 0.0 0.0 651 29 4.7

Construction(2)

            138.4 2.0 1.5 8,193 217 2.7

Manufacturing

63.5 63.4 63.1 -0.4 -0.6 151.4 0.1 0.1 12,961 6 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

160.8 158.2 159.7 -1.1 -0.7 313.7 -1.0 -0.3 28,958 115 0.4

Information

24.7 28.1 27.8 3.1 12.6 47.8 3.3 7.4 3,037 -87 -2.8

Financial Activities

63.7 63.2 62.7 -1.0 -1.6 97.4 -1.0 -1.0 9,178 67 0.7

Professional & Business Services

147.2 146.8 149.3 2.1 1.4 253.3 2.1 0.8 23,287 243 1.1

Education & Health Services

94.0 96.4 98.1 4.1 4.4 237.2 8.7 3.8 25,909 1,037 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

67.5 72.4 72.6 5.1 7.6 175.2 11.5 7.0 16,677 570 3.5

Other Services

22.7 25.0 25.1 2.4 10.6 48.7 4.2 9.4 5,890 122 2.1

Government

111.8 114.3 114.6 2.8 2.5 268.9 8.3 3.2 23,243 624 2.8

(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, UT

16,066 15,697 15,056 18,447 19,006 18,136 16,829 18,387 20,479 20,683 22,338 19,096 19,858   3,792 23.6

Salt Lake

15,100 14,744 14,150 17,352 17,912 17,101 15,879 17,365 19,364 19,572 21,119 18,071 18,718   3,618 24.0

Tooele

966 953 906 1,095 1,094 1,035 950 1,022 1,115 1,111 1,219 1,025 1,140   174 18.0

Utah

38,894 38,865 37,320 45,871 46,175 43,568 40,086 44,608 49,758 49,171 53,964 46,065 47,962   9,068 23.3

United States (in thousands)

5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098   489 8.7

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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

Unemployment rate, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Salt Lake City, UT

2.2 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.7   0.5

Salt Lake

2.2 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.6   0.4

Tooele

2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.9   0.4

Utah

2.2 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.6   0.4

United States

3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6   0.2

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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, 2nd quarter 2023(2)
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Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

                 

Salt Lake

64,924 3,021 792,232 20,925 2.7 1,362 4.8 13,934,602 7.4

Tooele

                 

Utah

135,664 4,865 1,699,394 46,230 2.8 $1,183 4.2 $26,011,557 6.9

United States

11,964,606 520,040 154,308,523 3,632,798 2.4 1,332 3.2 2,656,498,865 5.5

(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