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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

 794.9 797.5 798.6 807.4 808.9 810.9 808.8 810.2 810.4 815.6 820.5 823.6 827.3 3.7 0.4

Utah

 1,672.8 1,676.4 1,676.1 1,684.5 1,689.7 1,694.8 1,692.6 1,695.4 1,695.5 1,701.3 1,711.2 1,714.1 1,720.4 6.3 0.4

United States

 151,678 152,042 152,412 152,980 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,420 155,673 253 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

 795.0 819.6 824.6 29.6 3.7 1,720.3 43.5 2.6 155,337 3,888 2.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 55.8 58.5 59.0 3.2 5.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             10.3 0.6 6.2 635 45 7.6

Construction(2)

             133.8 4.4 3.4 7,829 206 2.7

Manufacturing

 62.9 64.7 65.0 2.1 3.3 153.3 2.6 1.7 12,941 218 1.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 158.0 160.3 159.6 1.6 1.0 313.3 2.5 0.8 28,585 281 1.0

Information

 23.8 25.4 25.7 1.9 8.0 45.1 0.7 1.6 3,068 37 1.2

Financial Activities

 63.4 61.1 61.8 -1.6 -2.5 96.4 -1.8 -1.8 9,071 77 0.9

Professional & Business Services

 142.0 145.4 148.3 6.3 4.4 252.0 6.8 2.8 22,866 473 2.1

Education & Health Services

 92.3 96.9 96.2 3.9 4.2 233.5 6.2 2.7 25,261 1,014 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 65.5 71.0 71.8 6.3 9.6 171.0 9.4 5.8 16,364 872 5.6

Other Services

 22.5 24.1 25.2 2.7 12.0 48.7 5.0 11.4 5,832 173 3.1

Government

 108.8 112.2 112.0 3.2 2.9 262.9 7.1 2.8 22,885 492 2.2

(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

 15,748 15,600 18,130 17,075 18,220 15,283 16,066 15,697 15,056 18,447 19,006 18,136 16,842   1,094 6.9

Salt Lake

 14,844 14,705 17,050 16,079 17,155 14,397 15,100 14,744 14,150 17,352 17,912 17,101 15,891   1,047 7.1

Tooele

 904 895 1,080 996 1,065 886 966 953 906 1,095 1,094 1,035 951   47 5.2

Utah

 38,004 38,517 44,878 40,600 44,341 36,763 38,894 38,865 37,320 45,871 46,175 43,568 40,106   2,102 5.5

United States (in thousands)

 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146   -312 -5.7

(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 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3   0.1

Salt Lake

 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.3   0.1

Tooele

 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.4   0.0

Utah

 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2   0.0

United States

 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1   -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(1)employment and wages, Salt Lake City metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2022(2)
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Salt Lake City, UT MSA

 67,041 6,832 803,044 25,133 3.2 $1,403 -0.4 $14,647,905 3.3

Salt Lake

 65,512 6,682 783,293 25,073 3.3 1,414 -0.4 14,409,154 3.5

Tooele

 1,529 150 19,751 60 0.3 938 -2.5 238,751 -3.7

Utah

 137,277 10,633 1,675,614 51,691 3.2 $1,230 -0.1 $26,800,902 3.4

United States

 11,785,706 607,432 152,317,914 3,910,020 2.6 1,385 -2.3 2,742,400,928 0.6

(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