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Cities in Utah by unemployment rate

Magna, UT had the highest unemployment rate of 39 cities in May 2026, at 4.1%. Syracuse, UT had the lowest, at 2.7%. The median was 3.4% and the figure for Utah was 3.7%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4.1Magna, UT
Lowest2.7Syracuse, UT
Median3.439 cities
Utah3.7History

All cities, May 2026

Magna, UT: 4.1 %Magna, UT4.1Clearfield, UT: 3.8 %Clearfield, UT3.8Cottonwood Heights, UT: 3.8 %Cottonwood Heights, UT3.8Eagle Mountain, UT: 3.8 %Eagle Mountain, UT3.8Ogden, UT: 3.8 %Ogden, UT3.8American Fork, UT: 3.7 %American Fork, UT3.7Saratoga Springs, UT: 3.7 %Saratoga Springs, UT3.7Tooele, UT: 3.7 %Tooele, UT3.7Holladay, UT: 3.6 %Holladay, UT3.6Springville, UT: 3.6 %Springville, UT3.6Bountiful, UT: 3.5 %Bountiful, UT3.5Draper, UT: 3.5 %Draper, UT3.5Farmington, UT: 3.5 %Farmington, UT3.5Murray, UT: 3.5 %Murray, UT3.5Pleasant Grove, UT: 3.5 %Pleasant Grove, UT3.5St. George, UT: 3.5 %St. George, UT3.5Taylorsville, UT: 3.5 %Taylorsville, UT3.5West Valley City, UT: 3.5 %West Valley City, UT3.5Kearns, UT: 3.4 %Kearns, UT3.4Midvale, UT: 3.4 %Midvale, UT3.4Orem, UT: 3.4 %Orem, UT3.4Roy, UT: 3.4 %Roy, UT3.4South Salt Lake, UT: 3.4 %South Salt Lake, UT3.4Spanish Fork, UT: 3.4 %Spanish Fork, UT3.4Cedar City, UT: 3.3 %Cedar City, UT3.3Lehi, UT: 3.3 %Lehi, UT3.3Millcreek, UT: 3.3 %Millcreek, UT3.3Riverton, UT: 3.3 %Riverton, UT3.3Salt Lake City, UT: 3.3 %Salt Lake City, UT3.3Sandy, UT: 3.3 %Sandy, UT3.3South Jordan, UT: 3.3 %South Jordan, UT3.3Herriman, UT: 3.2 %Herriman, UT3.2Layton, UT: 3.2 %Layton, UT3.2West Jordan, UT: 3.2 %West Jordan, UT3.2Provo, UT: 3.1 %Provo, UT3.1Washington, UT: 3.1 %Washington, UT3.1Kaysville, UT: 3 %Kaysville, UT3Logan, UT: 3 %Logan, UT3Syracuse, UT: 2.7 %Syracuse, UT2.7Magna, UT: 4.1 %Magna, UT4.1Clearfield, UT: 3.8 %Clearfield, UT3.8Cottonwood Heights, UT: 3.8 %Cottonwood Heights, UT3.8Eagle Mountain, UT: 3.8 %Eagle Mountain, UT3.8Ogden, UT: 3.8 %Ogden, UT3.8American Fork, UT: 3.7 %American Fork, UT3.7Saratoga Springs, UT: 3.7 %Saratoga Springs, UT3.7Tooele, UT: 3.7 %Tooele, UT3.7Holladay, UT: 3.6 %Holladay, UT3.6Springville, UT: 3.6 %Springville, UT3.6Bountiful, UT: 3.5 %Bountiful, UT3.5Draper, UT: 3.5 %Draper, UT3.5Farmington, UT: 3.5 %Farmington, UT3.5Murray, UT: 3.5 %Murray, UT3.5Pleasant Grove, UT: 3.5 %Pleasant Grove, UT3.5St. George, UT: 3.5 %St. George, UT3.5Taylorsville, UT: 3.5 %Taylorsville, UT3.5West Valley City, UT: 3.5 %West Valley City, UT3.5Kearns, UT: 3.4 %Kearns, UT3.4Midvale, UT: 3.4 %Midvale, UT3.4Orem, UT: 3.4 %Orem, UT3.4Roy, UT: 3.4 %Roy, UT3.4South Salt Lake, UT: 3.4 %South Salt Lake, UT3.4Spanish Fork, UT: 3.4 %Spanish Fork, UT3.4Cedar City, UT: 3.3 %Cedar City, UT3.3Lehi, UT: 3.3 %Lehi, UT3.3Millcreek, UT: 3.3 %Millcreek, UT3.3Riverton, UT: 3.3 %Riverton, UT3.3Salt Lake City, UT: 3.3 %Salt Lake City, UT3.3Sandy, UT: 3.3 %Sandy, UT3.3South Jordan, UT: 3.3 %South Jordan, UT3.3Herriman, UT: 3.2 %Herriman, UT3.2Layton, UT: 3.2 %Layton, UT3.2West Jordan, UT: 3.2 %West Jordan, UT3.2Provo, UT: 3.1 %Provo, UT3.1Washington, UT: 3.1 %Washington, UT3.1Kaysville, UT: 3 %Kaysville, UT3Logan, UT: 3 %Logan, UT3Syracuse, UT: 2.7 %Syracuse, UT2.7
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesMay 2026 (%)Change on May 2025
1Magna, UT4.1+0.3 pts
2Clearfield, UT3.8+0.1 pts
2Cottonwood Heights, UT3.8+0.2 pts
2Eagle Mountain, UT3.8+0.2 pts
2Ogden, UT3.8+0.1 pts
6American Fork, UT3.70 pts
6Saratoga Springs, UT3.7+0.2 pts
6Tooele, UT3.7-0.1 pts
9Holladay, UT3.6+0.1 pts
9Springville, UT3.6-0.2 pts
11Bountiful, UT3.50 pts
11Draper, UT3.5-0.1 pts
11Farmington, UT3.5+0.2 pts
11Murray, UT3.5-0.1 pts
11Pleasant Grove, UT3.50 pts
11St. George, UT3.50 pts
11Taylorsville, UT3.5-0.3 pts
11West Valley City, UT3.50 pts
19Kearns, UT3.4-0.2 pts
19Midvale, UT3.4+0.2 pts
19Orem, UT3.40 pts
19Roy, UT3.4+0.2 pts
19South Salt Lake, UT3.4-0.2 pts
19Spanish Fork, UT3.4-0.2 pts
25Cedar City, UT3.3-0.2 pts
25Lehi, UT3.3-0.1 pts
25Millcreek, UT3.30 pts
25Riverton, UT3.3+0.2 pts
25Salt Lake City, UT3.3+0.1 pts
25Sandy, UT3.3-0.2 pts
25South Jordan, UT3.30 pts
32Herriman, UT3.2+0.1 pts
32Layton, UT3.2+0.2 pts
32West Jordan, UT3.2-0.1 pts
35Provo, UT3.1-0.3 pts
35Washington, UT3.1-0.1 pts
37Kaysville, UT3-0.1 pts
37Logan, UT3-0.1 pts
39Syracuse, UT2.7-0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

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: unemployment rate (measure 03). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03) (Cities in Utah by unemployment rate, 2026-05) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Utah by unemployment rate, 2026-05. 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/rankings/unemployment-rate/utah-cities?period=2026-05. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Cities in Utah by unemployment rate, 2026-05. 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/rankings/unemployment-rate/utah-cities?period=2026-05.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Utah by unemployment rate, 2026-05 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/utah-cities?period=2026-05 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

Magna, UT, with 4.1% in May 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Syracuse, UT, with 2.7% in May 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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