Salt Lake City, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salt Lake City fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.9%. 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 February 2010 at 7.7% and is now 1.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Salt Lake City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Utah	6.0%	-0.4	-1.5
Salt Lake City	5.9%	-0.4	-1.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Salt Lake City, Utah, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Salt Lake City, Utah Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Salt Lake City peaked in February 2010 at 46,937. There are now 11,941 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Salt Lake City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Salt Lake City, Utah) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Salt Lake City	34,996	-2,292	-8,985

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
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.0%	5.9%	34,996
November 2011	8.7%	6.4%	6.3%	37,288
October 2011	8.9%	7.0%	6.8%	40,553
September 2011	9.0%	7.4%	7.2%	42,730
August 2011	9.1%	7.6%	7.3%	43,637
July 2011	9.1%	7.5%	7.3%	43,612
June 2011	9.1%	7.4%	7.2%	43,130
May 2011	9.0%	7.3%	7.1%	42,849
April 2011	9.0%	7.4%	7.1%	42,726
March 2011	8.9%	7.6%	7.3%	43,813
February 2011	9.0%	7.7%	7.4%	44,481
January 2011	9.1%	7.6%	7.4%	44,459