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Cities in Utah by employed residents

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2021, at 118,011. Farmington, UT had the lowest, at 10,644. The median was 21,149. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest118,011Salt Lake City, UT
Lowest10,644Farmington, UT
Median21,14939 cities

All cities, 2021

Salt Lake City, UT: 118,011 personsSalt Lake City, UT118,011West Valley City, UT: 69,964 personsWest Valley City, UT69,964Provo, UT: 64,570 personsProvo, UT64,570West Jordan, UT: 62,781 personsWest Jordan, UT62,781Orem, UT: 50,009 personsOrem, UT50,009Sandy, UT: 48,992 personsSandy, UT48,992Ogden, UT: 44,031 personsOgden, UT44,031Layton, UT: 42,782 personsLayton, UT42,782St. George, UT: 41,978 personsSt. George, UT41,978South Jordan, UT: 40,028 personsSouth Jordan, UT40,028Lehi, UT: 36,957 personsLehi, UT36,957Millcreek, UT: 34,090 personsMillcreek, UT34,090Logan, UT: 30,431 personsLogan, UT30,431Taylorsville, UT: 30,160 personsTaylorsville, UT30,160Herriman, UT: 28,469 personsHerriman, UT28,469Murray, UT: 27,528 personsMurray, UT27,528Draper, UT: 24,302 personsDraper, UT24,302Riverton, UT: 22,329 personsRiverton, UT22,329Bountiful, UT: 21,560 personsBountiful, UT21,560Midvale, UT: 21,149 personsMidvale, UT21,149Eagle Mountain, UT: 20,585 personsEagle Mountain, UT20,585Roy, UT: 20,299 personsRoy, UT20,299Spanish Fork, UT: 19,986 personsSpanish Fork, UT19,986Kearns, UT: 18,753 personsKearns, UT18,753Tooele, UT: 18,455 personsTooele, UT18,455Saratoga Springs, UT: 18,258 personsSaratoga Springs, UT18,258Cottonwood Heights, UT: 17,883 personsCottonwood Heights, UT17,883Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,833 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,833Cedar City, UT: 17,603 personsCedar City, UT17,603Syracuse, UT: 16,736 personsSyracuse, UT16,736American Fork, UT: 16,547 personsAmerican Fork, UT16,547Springville, UT: 16,183 personsSpringville, UT16,183Holladay, UT: 15,341 personsHolladay, UT15,341South Salt Lake, UT: 15,176 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT15,176Kaysville, UT: 14,662 personsKaysville, UT14,662Clearfield, UT: 14,598 personsClearfield, UT14,598Magna, UT: 14,505 personsMagna, UT14,505Washington, UT: 13,873 personsWashington, UT13,873Farmington, UT: 10,644 personsFarmington, UT10,644Salt Lake City, UT: 118,011 personsSalt Lake City, UT118,011West Valley City, UT: 69,964 personsWest Valley City, UT69,964Provo, UT: 64,570 personsProvo, UT64,570West Jordan, UT: 62,781 personsWest Jordan, UT62,781Orem, UT: 50,009 personsOrem, UT50,009Sandy, UT: 48,992 personsSandy, UT48,992Ogden, UT: 44,031 personsOgden, UT44,031Layton, UT: 42,782 personsLayton, UT42,782St. George, UT: 41,978 personsSt. George, UT41,978South Jordan, UT: 40,028 personsSouth Jordan, UT40,028Lehi, UT: 36,957 personsLehi, UT36,957Millcreek, UT: 34,090 personsMillcreek, UT34,090Logan, UT: 30,431 personsLogan, UT30,431Taylorsville, UT: 30,160 personsTaylorsville, UT30,160Herriman, UT: 28,469 personsHerriman, UT28,469Murray, UT: 27,528 personsMurray, UT27,528Draper, UT: 24,302 personsDraper, UT24,302Riverton, UT: 22,329 personsRiverton, UT22,329Bountiful, UT: 21,560 personsBountiful, UT21,560Midvale, UT: 21,149 personsMidvale, UT21,149Eagle Mountain, UT: 20,585 personsEagle Mountain, UT20,585Roy, UT: 20,299 personsRoy, UT20,299Spanish Fork, UT: 19,986 personsSpanish Fork, UT19,986Kearns, UT: 18,753 personsKearns, UT18,753Tooele, UT: 18,455 personsTooele, UT18,455Saratoga Springs, UT: 18,258 personsSaratoga Springs, UT18,258Cottonwood Heights, UT: 17,883 personsCottonwood Heights, UT17,883Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,833 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,833Cedar City, UT: 17,603 personsCedar City, UT17,603Syracuse, UT: 16,736 personsSyracuse, UT16,736American Fork, UT: 16,547 personsAmerican Fork, UT16,547Springville, UT: 16,183 personsSpringville, UT16,183Holladay, UT: 15,341 personsHolladay, UT15,341South Salt Lake, UT: 15,176 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT15,176Kaysville, UT: 14,662 personsKaysville, UT14,662Clearfield, UT: 14,598 personsClearfield, UT14,598Magna, UT: 14,505 personsMagna, UT14,505Washington, UT: 13,873 personsWashington, UT13,873Farmington, UT: 10,644 personsFarmington, UT10,644
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Salt Lake City, UT118,011+4.1%
2West Valley City, UT69,964+3.2%
3Provo, UT64,570+2.9%
4West Jordan, UT62,781+3.4%
5Orem, UT50,009+2.8%
6Sandy, UT48,992+1.9%
7Ogden, UT44,031+1.6%
8Layton, UT42,782+4.1%
9St. George, UT41,978+6.8%
10South Jordan, UT40,028+6.7%
11Lehi, UT36,957+7.2%
12Millcreek, UT34,090+4.7%
13Logan, UT30,431+5.8%
14Taylorsville, UT30,160+1.9%
15Herriman, UT28,469+7.4%
16Murray, UT27,528+2.2%
17Draper, UT24,302+4.5%
18Riverton, UT22,329+3.5%
19Bountiful, UT21,560+1.7%
20Midvale, UT21,149+3.2%
21Eagle Mountain, UT20,585+14.7%
22Roy, UT20,299+2.3%
23Spanish Fork, UT19,986+5.7%
24Kearns, UT18,753+3.8%
25Tooele, UT18,455+7.3%
26Saratoga Springs, UT18,258+18.7%
27Cottonwood Heights, UT17,883+2%
28Pleasant Grove, UT17,833+3.7%
29Cedar City, UT17,603+7.3%
30Syracuse, UT16,736+5.6%
31American Fork, UT16,547+5.8%
32Springville, UT16,183+5.4%
33Holladay, UT15,341+2.3%
34South Salt Lake, UT15,176+1.2%
35Kaysville, UT14,662+2.6%
36Clearfield, UT14,598+3.4%
37Magna, UT14,505+3.8%
38Washington, UT13,873+10.7%
39Farmington, UT10,644+2.4%

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 118,011 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Farmington, UT, with 10,644 in 2021.

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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