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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)
Area

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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

(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

 2.2 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

(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, 2nd quarter 2023(2)
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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