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Cities in Utah by employed residents

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2020, at 113,365. Farmington, UT had the lowest, at 10,392. The median was 20,499. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest113,365Salt Lake City, UT
Lowest10,392Farmington, UT
Median20,49939 cities

All cities, 2020

Salt Lake City, UT: 113,365 personsSalt Lake City, UT113,365West Valley City, UT: 67,795 personsWest Valley City, UT67,795Provo, UT: 62,723 personsProvo, UT62,723West Jordan, UT: 60,709 personsWest Jordan, UT60,709Orem, UT: 48,630 personsOrem, UT48,630Sandy, UT: 48,091 personsSandy, UT48,091Ogden, UT: 43,341 personsOgden, UT43,341Layton, UT: 41,102 personsLayton, UT41,102St. George, UT: 39,296 personsSt. George, UT39,296South Jordan, UT: 37,523 personsSouth Jordan, UT37,523Lehi, UT: 34,472 personsLehi, UT34,472Millcreek, UT: 32,549 personsMillcreek, UT32,549Taylorsville, UT: 29,590 personsTaylorsville, UT29,590Logan, UT: 28,754 personsLogan, UT28,754Murray, UT: 26,928 personsMurray, UT26,928Herriman, UT: 26,513 personsHerriman, UT26,513Draper, UT: 23,258 personsDraper, UT23,258Riverton, UT: 21,583 personsRiverton, UT21,583Bountiful, UT: 21,200 personsBountiful, UT21,200Midvale, UT: 20,499 personsMidvale, UT20,499Roy, UT: 19,843 personsRoy, UT19,843Spanish Fork, UT: 18,906 personsSpanish Fork, UT18,906Kearns, UT: 18,068 personsKearns, UT18,068Eagle Mountain, UT: 17,950 personsEagle Mountain, UT17,950Cottonwood Heights, UT: 17,537 personsCottonwood Heights, UT17,537Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,201 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,201Tooele, UT: 17,200 personsTooele, UT17,200Cedar City, UT: 16,412 personsCedar City, UT16,412Syracuse, UT: 15,853 personsSyracuse, UT15,853American Fork, UT: 15,639 personsAmerican Fork, UT15,639Saratoga Springs, UT: 15,385 personsSaratoga Springs, UT15,385Springville, UT: 15,348 personsSpringville, UT15,348Holladay, UT: 14,994 personsHolladay, UT14,994South Salt Lake, UT: 14,993 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT14,993Kaysville, UT: 14,297 personsKaysville, UT14,297Clearfield, UT: 14,113 personsClearfield, UT14,113Magna, UT: 13,973 personsMagna, UT13,973Washington, UT: 12,528 personsWashington, UT12,528Farmington, UT: 10,392 personsFarmington, UT10,392Salt Lake City, UT: 113,365 personsSalt Lake City, UT113,365West Valley City, UT: 67,795 personsWest Valley City, UT67,795Provo, UT: 62,723 personsProvo, UT62,723West Jordan, UT: 60,709 personsWest Jordan, UT60,709Orem, UT: 48,630 personsOrem, UT48,630Sandy, UT: 48,091 personsSandy, UT48,091Ogden, UT: 43,341 personsOgden, UT43,341Layton, UT: 41,102 personsLayton, UT41,102St. George, UT: 39,296 personsSt. George, UT39,296South Jordan, UT: 37,523 personsSouth Jordan, UT37,523Lehi, UT: 34,472 personsLehi, UT34,472Millcreek, UT: 32,549 personsMillcreek, UT32,549Taylorsville, UT: 29,590 personsTaylorsville, UT29,590Logan, UT: 28,754 personsLogan, UT28,754Murray, UT: 26,928 personsMurray, UT26,928Herriman, UT: 26,513 personsHerriman, UT26,513Draper, UT: 23,258 personsDraper, UT23,258Riverton, UT: 21,583 personsRiverton, UT21,583Bountiful, UT: 21,200 personsBountiful, UT21,200Midvale, UT: 20,499 personsMidvale, UT20,499Roy, UT: 19,843 personsRoy, UT19,843Spanish Fork, UT: 18,906 personsSpanish Fork, UT18,906Kearns, UT: 18,068 personsKearns, UT18,068Eagle Mountain, UT: 17,950 personsEagle Mountain, UT17,950Cottonwood Heights, UT: 17,537 personsCottonwood Heights, UT17,537Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,201 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,201Tooele, UT: 17,200 personsTooele, UT17,200Cedar City, UT: 16,412 personsCedar City, UT16,412Syracuse, UT: 15,853 personsSyracuse, UT15,853American Fork, UT: 15,639 personsAmerican Fork, UT15,639Saratoga Springs, UT: 15,385 personsSaratoga Springs, UT15,385Springville, UT: 15,348 personsSpringville, UT15,348Holladay, UT: 14,994 personsHolladay, UT14,994South Salt Lake, UT: 14,993 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT14,993Kaysville, UT: 14,297 personsKaysville, UT14,297Clearfield, UT: 14,113 personsClearfield, UT14,113Magna, UT: 13,973 personsMagna, UT13,973Washington, UT: 12,528 personsWashington, UT12,528Farmington, UT: 10,392 personsFarmington, UT10,392
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Salt Lake City, UT113,365-0.3%
2West Valley City, UT67,795-3%
3Provo, UT62,723-2%
4West Jordan, UT60,709-2%
5Orem, UT48,630-0.5%
6Sandy, UT48,091-3.5%
7Ogden, UT43,341-2%
8Layton, UT41,102-0.4%
9St. George, UT39,296+0.6%
10South Jordan, UT37,523+0.3%
11Lehi, UT34,472+3.3%
12Millcreek, UT32,549-3.5%
13Taylorsville, UT29,590-2.7%
14Logan, UT28,754-0.4%
15Murray, UT26,928-3.1%
16Herriman, UT26,513+6%
17Draper, UT23,258-1.3%
18Riverton, UT21,583-2.2%
19Bountiful, UT21,200-1.7%
20Midvale, UT20,499-1.2%
21Roy, UT19,843-1.7%
22Spanish Fork, UT18,906-0.7%
23Kearns, UT18,068-2.8%
24Eagle Mountain, UT17,950+7.3%
25Cottonwood Heights, UT17,537-3.5%
26Pleasant Grove, UT17,201-1.6%
27Tooele, UT17,200+0.6%
28Cedar City, UT16,412+2.4%
29Syracuse, UT15,853+1.4%
30American Fork, UT15,639+0.6%
31Saratoga Springs, UT15,385+4.6%
32Springville, UT15,348-0.9%
33Holladay, UT14,994-3.4%
34South Salt Lake, UT14,993-3.2%
35Kaysville, UT14,297-0.9%
36Clearfield, UT14,113-1.4%
37Magna, UT13,973-2.7%
38Washington, UT12,528+7.8%
39Farmington, UT10,392-1.4%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Utah by employed residents, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/utah-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/utah-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/utah-cities?period=2020 (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, 2020}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 113,365 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Farmington, UT, with 10,392 in 2020.

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.

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