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Cities in Utah by employed residents

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest employed residents of 36 cities in 2018, at 112,066. Washington, UT had the lowest, at 10,999. The median was 21,415. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest112,066Salt Lake City, UT
Lowest10,999Washington, UT
Median21,41536 cities

All cities, 2018

Salt Lake City, UT: 112,066 personsSalt Lake City, UT112,066West Valley City, UT: 69,236 personsWest Valley City, UT69,236Provo, UT: 63,478 personsProvo, UT63,478West Jordan, UT: 60,625 personsWest Jordan, UT60,625Sandy, UT: 49,334 personsSandy, UT49,334Orem, UT: 48,329 personsOrem, UT48,329Ogden, UT: 43,576 personsOgden, UT43,576Layton, UT: 40,450 personsLayton, UT40,450St. George, UT: 38,157 personsSt. George, UT38,157South Jordan, UT: 35,522 personsSouth Jordan, UT35,522Millcreek, UT: 33,050 personsMillcreek, UT33,050Lehi, UT: 31,409 personsLehi, UT31,409Taylorsville, UT: 30,069 personsTaylorsville, UT30,069Logan, UT: 28,499 personsLogan, UT28,499Murray, UT: 27,517 personsMurray, UT27,517Draper, UT: 23,023 personsDraper, UT23,023Riverton, UT: 21,666 personsRiverton, UT21,666Herriman, UT: 21,448 personsHerriman, UT21,448Bountiful, UT: 21,382 personsBountiful, UT21,382Midvale, UT: 20,106 personsMidvale, UT20,106Roy, UT: 19,844 personsRoy, UT19,844Spanish Fork, UT: 18,470 personsSpanish Fork, UT18,470Cottonwood Heights, UT: 17,988 personsCottonwood Heights, UT17,988Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,430 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,430Tooele, UT: 16,570 personsTooele, UT16,570Eagle Mountain, UT: 15,454 personsEagle Mountain, UT15,454Holladay, UT: 15,426 personsHolladay, UT15,426Springville, UT: 15,263 personsSpringville, UT15,263American Fork, UT: 15,124 personsAmerican Fork, UT15,124South Salt Lake, UT: 15,092 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT15,092Syracuse, UT: 14,930 personsSyracuse, UT14,930Cedar City, UT: 14,920 personsCedar City, UT14,920Kaysville, UT: 14,135 personsKaysville, UT14,135Clearfield, UT: 14,087 personsClearfield, UT14,087Saratoga Springs, UT: 13,819 personsSaratoga Springs, UT13,819Washington, UT: 10,999 personsWashington, UT10,999Salt Lake City, UT: 112,066 personsSalt Lake City, UT112,066West Valley City, UT: 69,236 personsWest Valley City, UT69,236Provo, UT: 63,478 personsProvo, UT63,478West Jordan, UT: 60,625 personsWest Jordan, UT60,625Sandy, UT: 49,334 personsSandy, UT49,334Orem, UT: 48,329 personsOrem, UT48,329Ogden, UT: 43,576 personsOgden, UT43,576Layton, UT: 40,450 personsLayton, UT40,450St. George, UT: 38,157 personsSt. George, UT38,157South Jordan, UT: 35,522 personsSouth Jordan, UT35,522Millcreek, UT: 33,050 personsMillcreek, UT33,050Lehi, UT: 31,409 personsLehi, UT31,409Taylorsville, UT: 30,069 personsTaylorsville, UT30,069Logan, UT: 28,499 personsLogan, UT28,499Murray, UT: 27,517 personsMurray, UT27,517Draper, UT: 23,023 personsDraper, UT23,023Riverton, UT: 21,666 personsRiverton, UT21,666Herriman, UT: 21,448 personsHerriman, UT21,448Bountiful, UT: 21,382 personsBountiful, UT21,382Midvale, UT: 20,106 personsMidvale, UT20,106Roy, UT: 19,844 personsRoy, UT19,844Spanish Fork, UT: 18,470 personsSpanish Fork, UT18,470Cottonwood Heights, UT: 17,988 personsCottonwood Heights, UT17,988Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,430 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,430Tooele, UT: 16,570 personsTooele, UT16,570Eagle Mountain, UT: 15,454 personsEagle Mountain, UT15,454Holladay, UT: 15,426 personsHolladay, UT15,426Springville, UT: 15,263 personsSpringville, UT15,263American Fork, UT: 15,124 personsAmerican Fork, UT15,124South Salt Lake, UT: 15,092 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT15,092Syracuse, UT: 14,930 personsSyracuse, UT14,930Cedar City, UT: 14,920 personsCedar City, UT14,920Kaysville, UT: 14,135 personsKaysville, UT14,135Clearfield, UT: 14,087 personsClearfield, UT14,087Saratoga Springs, UT: 13,819 personsSaratoga Springs, UT13,819Washington, UT: 10,999 personsWashington, UT10,999
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Salt Lake City, UT112,066+0.1%
2West Valley City, UT69,236+0.1%
3Provo, UT63,478+0.2%
4West Jordan, UT60,625+1.8%
5Sandy, UT49,334+0.7%
6Orem, UT48,329+0.7%
7Ogden, UT43,576+0.4%
8Layton, UT40,450+1.2%
9St. George, UT38,157+4.6%
10South Jordan, UT35,522+4.5%
11Millcreek, UT33,050+0.9%
12Lehi, UT31,409+4.4%
13Taylorsville, UT30,069+0.2%
14Logan, UT28,499+0.4%
15Murray, UT27,517-0%
16Draper, UT23,023+1.3%
17Riverton, UT21,666+2.4%
18Herriman, UT21,448+14.3%
19Bountiful, UT21,382+0.3%
20Midvale, UT20,106+0.2%
21Roy, UT19,844+0.4%
22Spanish Fork, UT18,470+2.3%
23Cottonwood Heights, UT17,988+0.3%
24Pleasant Grove, UT17,430-0%
25Tooele, UT16,570+1.8%
26Eagle Mountain, UT15,454+11.1%
27Holladay, UT15,426-0.1%
28Springville, UT15,263+0.5%
29American Fork, UT15,124+11.3%
30South Salt Lake, UT15,092n/a
31Syracuse, UT14,930+3.4%
32Cedar City, UT14,920+4.5%
33Kaysville, UT14,135+1.4%
34Clearfield, UT14,087+2.3%
35Saratoga Springs, UT13,819+6.7%
36Washington, UT10,999+7.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

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

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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.CurrentU15-19. 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 (Cities in Utah by employed residents, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Utah by employed residents, 2018. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/utah-cities?period=2018. 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. Cities in Utah by employed residents, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/utah-cities?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Utah by employed residents, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/utah-cities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Utah by employed residents, 2018}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 112,066 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Washington, UT, with 10,999 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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