Employed residents in Salt Lake City, UT

Employed residents in Salt Lake City, UT was 133,264 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.4% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

2025, persons133,264

Change on 2024+0.4%

Rank1st of 39Cities in Utah ranked

Series high133,2642025

Series low81,0971990

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Employed residents in Salt Lake City, UT, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	133,264
2024	132,785
2023	129,830
2022	126,031
2021	118,011
2020	113,365
2019	113,731
2018	112,066
2017	111,971
2016	107,218
2015	103,555
2014	101,695
2013	100,678
2012	97,939
2011	95,503
2010	95,079
2009	104,264
2008	108,998
2007	108,747
2006	105,415
2005	100,674
2004	96,171
2003	94,744
2002	94,362
2001	95,756
2000	95,941
1999	107,832
1998	106,221
1997	104,560
1996	101,957
1995	100,731
1994	97,269
1993	91,699
1992	86,055
1991	82,946
1990	81,097

Rankings

US cities by employed residents 1706 places
Cities in Utah by employed residents 39 places

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/salt-lake-city-ut. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/salt-lake-city-ut.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/salt-lake-city-ut (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Salt Lake City, UT, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/salt-lake-city-ut. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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What is the employed residents in Salt Lake City, UT?

Employed residents in Salt Lake City, UT was 133,264 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.4% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Salt Lake City, UT?

133,264 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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