Salt Lake City, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Salt Lake City fell 1.8 percentage points in May 2020 to 9.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points higher than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in Salt Lake City peaked in April 2020 at 11.3% and is now 1.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Salt Lake City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Utah	8.6%	-1.8	+5.9
Salt Lake City	9.5%	-1.8	+6.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June 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 April 2020 at 75,262. There are now 11,689 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	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Salt Lake City	63,573	-11,689	+45,849

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
July 2020	10.2%	—	—	—
June 2020	11.1%	5.1%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	8.6%	9.5%	63,573
April 2020	14.7%	10.4%	11.3%	75,262
March 2020	4.4%	3.8%	3.8%	25,438
February 2020	3.5%	2.5%	2.4%	16,335
January 2020	3.6%	2.5%	2.4%	16,247
December 2019	3.5%	2.4%	2.3%	15,812
November 2019	3.5%	2.4%	2.4%	15,914
October 2019	3.6%	2.4%	2.4%	16,080
September 2019	3.5%	2.5%	2.4%	16,304
August 2019	3.7%	2.5%	2.5%	16,591