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Salt Lake City, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salt Lake City fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in Salt Lake City peaked in April 2020 at 10.7% and is now 8.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.2% in December 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare Salt Lake City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Utah 2.8% +0.1 +0.4
Salt Lake City 2.7% 0.0 +0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Salt Lake City, Utah, National

Salt Lake City, Utah monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Salt Lake City, Utah Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Salt Lake City peaked in April 2020 at 72,779. There are now 52,227 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 15,742 in December 2021, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4,810. Salt Lake City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Salt Lake City, Utah) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Salt Lake City 20,552 +332 +3,482

Number of Unemployed Persons

Salt Lake City, Utah Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Utah
Unemployment Rate		 Salt Lake City
Unemployment Rate		 Salt Lake City
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 2.8% 2.7% 20,552
October
2023		 3.8% 2.7% 2.7% 20,220
September
2023		 3.8% 2.6% 2.6% 19,651
August
2023		 3.8% 2.5% 2.6% 19,177
July
2023		 3.5% 2.4% 2.5% 18,480
June
2023		 3.6% 2.4% 2.4% 17,956
May
2023		 3.7% 2.3% 2.4% 17,723
April
2023		 3.4% 2.3% 2.4% 17,313
March
2023		 3.5% 2.4% 2.4% 17,288
February
2023		 3.6% 2.4% 2.4% 17,289
January
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 2.4% 17,211

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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