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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)
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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 779.0 780.6 783.8 785.3 788.0 787.0 791.8 794.4 795.7 790.5 791.8 791.7 790.6 -1.1 -0.1

Utah

 1,636.4 1,644.8 1,654.0 1,654.5 1,658.9 1,661.8 1,665.9 1,673.6 1,677.4 1,675.5 1,677.4 1,679.7 1,677.0 -2.7 -0.2

United States

 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,610 151,903 152,440 152,732 153,001 153,264 153,520 153,743 223 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, Utah MSA Utah U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 786.5 797.2 797.1 10.6 1.3 1,689.8 40.1 2.4 154,771 4,419 2.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 54.2 59.7 58.2 4.0 7.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             9.9 0.7 7.6 643 54 9.2

Construction(2)

             135.7 12.7 10.3 7,691 242 3.2

Manufacturing

 61.8 63.1 63.2 1.4 2.3 148.5 1.2 0.8 12,947 368 2.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 164.3 167.9 169.2 4.9 3.0 331.8 9.4 2.9 29,512 469 1.6

Information

 22.7 24.5 24.3 1.6 7.0 45.4 1.6 3.7 3,066 141 4.8

Financial Activities

 64.3 60.4 60.1 -4.2 -6.5 94.3 -4.4 -4.5 9,029 136 1.5

Professional & Business Services

 135.4 136.5 137.3 1.9 1.4 232.4 -0.3 -0.1 22,541 577 2.6

Education & Health Services

 91.5 93.2 93.0 1.5 1.6 230.8 9.3 4.2 25,052 962 4.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 61.8 64.2 64.0 2.2 3.6 159.3 5.8 3.8 15,766 962 6.5

Other Services

 22.4 22.3 22.5 0.1 0.4 43.6 0.8 1.9 5,759 173 3.1

Government

 108.1 105.4 105.3 -2.8 -2.6 258.1 3.3 1.3 22,765 335 1.5

(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

 12,887 16,696 15,195 14,782 14,627 15,307 17,121 14,902 15,042 13,574 14,787 14,570 14,573   1,686 13.1

Salt Lake

 12,172 15,770 14,343 13,931 13,795 14,436 16,113 14,042 14,165 12,790 13,903 13,688 13,695   1,523 12.5

Tooele

 715 926 852 851 832 871 1,008 860 877 784 884 882 878   163 22.8

Utah

 31,229 40,416 36,470 35,574 34,986 37,419 41,969 35,165 36,396 32,509 35,665 35,972 35,995   4,766 15.3

United States (in thousands)

 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352   -612 -10.3

(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

 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0   0.2

Salt Lake

 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0   0.2

Tooele

 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.3   0.4

Utah

 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0   0.2

United States

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3   -0.4

(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, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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Salt Lake City, Utah MSA

 62,965 6,557 785,309 28,354 3.7 $1,293 7.6 $13,195,709 12.2

Salt Lake

 61,513 6,420 766,208 28,385 3.8 1,302 7.5 12,964,643 12.3

Tooele

 1,452 137 19,101 -31 -0.2 927 7.5 231,066 7.9

Utah

 130,259 10,439 1,644,004 58,203 3.7 $1,137 7.2 $24,329,225 11.7

United States

 11,460,819 646,560 149,901,995 5,716,182 4.0 1,294 4.3 2,517,903,681 9.0

(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