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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

 760.0 762.5 762.2 767.5 771.4 774.6 771.6 775.3 777.2 779.0 780.6 783.8 783.3 -0.5 -0.1

Utah

 1,592.3 1,602.0 1,606.5 1,614.4 1,622.7 1,625.3 1,618.6 1,628.3 1,634.4 1,636.4 1,644.8 1,654.0 1,652.8 -1.2 -0.1

United States

 144,431 144,694 145,141 145,698 146,387 146,904 147,328 148,005 148,652 149,240 149,744 150,494 150,925 431 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

 755.3 779.4 780.5 25.2 3.3 1,650.8 62.9 4.0 149,938 6,630 4.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 51.4 53.5 54.6 3.2 6.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             9.6 1.2 14.3 596 49 9.0

Construction(2)

             126.0 7.1 6.0 7,392 230 3.2

Manufacturing

 60.9 61.8 62.8 1.9 3.1 148.9 5.2 3.6 12,626 401 3.3

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 152.6 160.5 160.1 7.5 4.9 316.0 16.1 5.4 28,372 1,168 4.3

Information

 20.6 22.7 23.2 2.6 12.6 44.5 5.1 12.9 2,918 159 5.8

Financial Activities

 62.3 63.6 63.3 1.0 1.6 97.4 2.0 2.1 8,863 177 2.0

Professional & Business Services

 133.1 133.1 131.5 -1.6 -1.2 227.6 -1.7 -0.7 21,923 1,156 5.6

Education & Health Services

 89.7 91.7 92.1 2.4 2.7 225.5 6.8 3.1 24,263 620 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 55.9 61.4 60.6 4.7 8.4 155.6 13.6 9.6 14,953 2,077 16.1

Other Services

 21.3 22.9 23.2 1.9 8.9 44.0 3.2 7.8 5,603 307 5.8

Government

 107.5 108.2 109.1 1.6 1.5 255.7 4.3 1.7 22,429 286 1.3

(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, Utah

 22,654 20,859 18,974 22,110 20,405 19,515 14,960 14,399 13,864 12,887 16,696 15,195 14,868   -7,786 -34.4

Salt Lake

 21,448 19,726 17,948 20,890 19,276 18,397 14,133 13,606 13,101 12,172 15,770 14,343 14,013   -7,435 -34.7

Tooele

 1,206 1,133 1,026 1,220 1,129 1,118 827 793 763 715 926 852 855   -351 -29.1

Utah

 53,054 48,602 44,553 52,413 46,796 46,413 34,707 33,968 33,035 31,229 40,416 36,470 35,775   -17,279 -32.6

United States (in thousands)

 9,905 9,220 8,829 9,883 9,221 8,556 7,366 6,896 6,302 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168   -3,737 -37.7

(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, Utah

 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1   -1.2

Salt Lake

 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1   -1.2

Tooele

 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.3   -1.0

Utah

 3.2 2.9 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.1   -1.1

United States

 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8   -2.4

(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, 3rd quarter 2021(2)
Area

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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 58,288 5,337 760,236 34,464 4.7 $1,225 7.0 $12,113,359 13.0

Salt Lake

 56,944 5,257 740,473 33,204 4.7 1,234 7.1 11,883,125 13.0

Tooele

 1,344 80 19,763 1,260 6.8 907 4.6 230,233 12.4

Utah

 123,134 8,999 1,594,663 76,527 5.0 $1,087 7.1 $22,489,043 13.4

United States

 11,021,414 506,356 144,863,915 6,141,019 4.4 1,251 6.7 2,347,434,817 12.5

(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