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Cities in Utah by employed residents

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2023, at 129,830. Farmington, UT had the lowest, at 11,647. The median was 22,145. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest129,830Salt Lake City, UT
Lowest11,647Farmington, UT
Median22,14539 cities

All cities, 2023

Salt Lake City, UT: 129,830 personsSalt Lake City, UT129,830West Valley City, UT: 72,287 personsWest Valley City, UT72,287West Jordan, UT: 65,390 personsWest Jordan, UT65,390Provo, UT: 64,697 personsProvo, UT64,697Sandy, UT: 50,058 personsSandy, UT50,058Orem, UT: 49,485 personsOrem, UT49,485Ogden, UT: 46,286 personsOgden, UT46,286St. George, UT: 45,354 personsSt. George, UT45,354Layton, UT: 44,734 personsLayton, UT44,734South Jordan, UT: 44,612 personsSouth Jordan, UT44,612Lehi, UT: 42,398 personsLehi, UT42,398Millcreek, UT: 34,882 personsMillcreek, UT34,882Herriman, UT: 31,053 personsHerriman, UT31,053Taylorsville, UT: 30,707 personsTaylorsville, UT30,707Logan, UT: 30,703 personsLogan, UT30,703Murray, UT: 28,978 personsMurray, UT28,978Draper, UT: 24,718 personsDraper, UT24,718Eagle Mountain, UT: 23,988 personsEagle Mountain, UT23,988Riverton, UT: 23,447 personsRiverton, UT23,447Midvale, UT: 22,145 personsMidvale, UT22,145Saratoga Springs, UT: 22,093 personsSaratoga Springs, UT22,093Bountiful, UT: 21,861 personsBountiful, UT21,861Spanish Fork, UT: 21,115 personsSpanish Fork, UT21,115Roy, UT: 20,809 personsRoy, UT20,809Kearns, UT: 20,376 personsKearns, UT20,376Tooele, UT: 20,353 personsTooele, UT20,353Cedar City, UT: 19,740 personsCedar City, UT19,740Syracuse, UT: 19,358 personsSyracuse, UT19,358American Fork, UT: 18,830 personsAmerican Fork, UT18,830Cottonwood Heights, UT: 18,485 personsCottonwood Heights, UT18,485Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,824 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,824Clearfield, UT: 16,292 personsClearfield, UT16,292Springville, UT: 16,152 personsSpringville, UT16,152South Salt Lake, UT: 16,080 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT16,080Magna, UT: 15,760 personsMagna, UT15,760Washington, UT: 15,698 personsWashington, UT15,698Holladay, UT: 15,641 personsHolladay, UT15,641Kaysville, UT: 15,245 personsKaysville, UT15,245Farmington, UT: 11,647 personsFarmington, UT11,647Salt Lake City, UT: 129,830 personsSalt Lake City, UT129,830West Valley City, UT: 72,287 personsWest Valley City, UT72,287West Jordan, UT: 65,390 personsWest Jordan, UT65,390Provo, UT: 64,697 personsProvo, UT64,697Sandy, UT: 50,058 personsSandy, UT50,058Orem, UT: 49,485 personsOrem, UT49,485Ogden, UT: 46,286 personsOgden, UT46,286St. George, UT: 45,354 personsSt. George, UT45,354Layton, UT: 44,734 personsLayton, UT44,734South Jordan, UT: 44,612 personsSouth Jordan, UT44,612Lehi, UT: 42,398 personsLehi, UT42,398Millcreek, UT: 34,882 personsMillcreek, UT34,882Herriman, UT: 31,053 personsHerriman, UT31,053Taylorsville, UT: 30,707 personsTaylorsville, UT30,707Logan, UT: 30,703 personsLogan, UT30,703Murray, UT: 28,978 personsMurray, UT28,978Draper, UT: 24,718 personsDraper, UT24,718Eagle Mountain, UT: 23,988 personsEagle Mountain, UT23,988Riverton, UT: 23,447 personsRiverton, UT23,447Midvale, UT: 22,145 personsMidvale, UT22,145Saratoga Springs, UT: 22,093 personsSaratoga Springs, UT22,093Bountiful, UT: 21,861 personsBountiful, UT21,861Spanish Fork, UT: 21,115 personsSpanish Fork, UT21,115Roy, UT: 20,809 personsRoy, UT20,809Kearns, UT: 20,376 personsKearns, UT20,376Tooele, UT: 20,353 personsTooele, UT20,353Cedar City, UT: 19,740 personsCedar City, UT19,740Syracuse, UT: 19,358 personsSyracuse, UT19,358American Fork, UT: 18,830 personsAmerican Fork, UT18,830Cottonwood Heights, UT: 18,485 personsCottonwood Heights, UT18,485Pleasant Grove, UT: 17,824 personsPleasant Grove, UT17,824Clearfield, UT: 16,292 personsClearfield, UT16,292Springville, UT: 16,152 personsSpringville, UT16,152South Salt Lake, UT: 16,080 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT16,080Magna, UT: 15,760 personsMagna, UT15,760Washington, UT: 15,698 personsWashington, UT15,698Holladay, UT: 15,641 personsHolladay, UT15,641Kaysville, UT: 15,245 personsKaysville, UT15,245Farmington, UT: 11,647 personsFarmington, UT11,647
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Salt Lake City, UT129,830+3%
2West Valley City, UT72,287+1.6%
3West Jordan, UT65,390+0.6%
4Provo, UT64,697-0.6%
5Sandy, UT50,058+0.9%
6Orem, UT49,485-0.7%
7Ogden, UT46,286+2.8%
8St. George, UT45,354+4%
9Layton, UT44,734+3.4%
10South Jordan, UT44,612+3.4%
11Lehi, UT42,398+6.7%
12Millcreek, UT34,882+0.8%
13Herriman, UT31,053+3.7%
14Taylorsville, UT30,707+0.7%
15Logan, UT30,703-0.6%
16Murray, UT28,978+2.3%
17Draper, UT24,718+4.3%
18Eagle Mountain, UT23,988+5%
19Riverton, UT23,447+2.7%
20Midvale, UT22,145+1.9%
21Saratoga Springs, UT22,093+6.3%
22Bountiful, UT21,861+1.5%
23Spanish Fork, UT21,115+3%
24Roy, UT20,809+1.7%
25Kearns, UT20,376+3.6%
26Tooele, UT20,353+3.3%
27Cedar City, UT19,740+5.7%
28Syracuse, UT19,358+6.5%
29American Fork, UT18,830+3.3%
30Cottonwood Heights, UT18,485+1.2%
31Pleasant Grove, UT17,824-1.1%
32Clearfield, UT16,292+3.6%
33Springville, UT16,152-1.2%
34South Salt Lake, UT16,080+2.6%
35Magna, UT15,760+3.6%
36Washington, UT15,698+5.7%
37Holladay, UT15,641+0.4%
38Kaysville, UT15,245+2.8%
39Farmington, UT11,647+2.7%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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, 2023}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 129,830 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Farmington, UT, with 11,647 in 2023.

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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