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County Employment and Wages in Utah — Fourth Quarter 2025

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County Employment and Wages in Utah - Fourth Quarter 2025

Employment rose in 3 of the 5 largest counties in Utah from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that Washington County (+2.3 percent) had the largest over-the-year increase in employment. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in covered employment among the largest counties in Utah, December 2025
County Percent change, December 2025

Washington

2.3

Utah

2.1

Salt Lake

2.0

Weber

-0.1

Davis

-0.6

Salt Lake County (821,000) had the highest employment level in Utah in December 2025. Together, the five largest counties accounted for 84.3 percent of total covered employment within the state. Nationwide, the 372 largest counties comprise 73.4 percent of total covered employment in the United States. (Large counties and county equivalents are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2024.)

Large county average weekly wages in the fourth quarter 2025

Average weekly wage gains in 2 of 4 large counties in Utah with published data were above the national average of 4.2 percent. (See chart 2.) Salt Lake had the largest gain (+4.5 percent). Wages increased for Weber County (+4.4 percent), Washington County (+4.0 percent), and Utah County (+1.7 percent).

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Chart 2. Over-the-year percent change in covered average weekly wages among the largest counties in Utah, fourth quarter 2025
County Percent change, fourth quarter 2025

Salt Lake

4.5

Weber

4.4

Washington

4.0

Utah

1.7

Salt Lake ($1,607) had a weekly wage above the national average of $1,569. Average weekly wages among the other four large counties ranged from $1,282 in Utah County to $1,016 in Washington.

Smaller county average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of 2025

Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 24 smaller counties in Utah, defined as having employment below 75,000 in 2024. (See table 2.) Wage levels in all smaller counties were below the national average. Garfield reported the highest average weekly wage ($1,549). Piute reported the lowest average weekly wage ($769) in the state.

Among all 29 Utah counties, 6 reported average weekly wages of $974 or less, 9 had wages from $975 to $1,099, 6 had wages from $1,100 to $1,224, and 8 had average weekly wages of $1,255 or higher. (See map 1 and table 2.)

Map 1. Average weekly wages by county in Utah, fourth quarter 2025

(U.S. average = $1,569)

Additional statistics and other information

QCEW data for states have been included in this release in table 3.

Nationwide coverage of the largest counties is published in the County Employment and Wages news release. Additional information about quarterly employment and wages data is available in the news release Technical Note and from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages website.

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The County Employment and Wages release for the first quarter 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 28, 2026.

Table 1. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the United States and the five largest counties in Utah, fourth quarter 2025
Area Establishments,
fourth quarter
(thousands) 		Employment Average weekly wage (1)
December 2025
(thousands) 		Percent change,
December
2024-25 (2) 		National ranking
by percent change (3) 		Fourth quarter
2025 ($) 		National ranking
by level (3) 		Percent change,
fourth quarter
2024-25 (2) 		National ranking
by percent change (3)

United States (4)

12,428.4 156,700.2 0.2 -- 1,569 -- 4.2 --

Utah

144.6 1,761.6 1.4 -- 1,389 28 4.1 24

Davis

10.7 143.0 -0.6 254 1,217 310 (5) -

Salt Lake

69.7 821.0 2.0 20 1,607 76 4.5 128

Utah

23.7 305.6 2.1 18 1,282 258 1.7 333

Washington

8.5 91.4 2.3 15 1,016 369 4.0 195

Weber

7.6 123.2 -0.1 181 1,213 315 4.4 138

(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Percent changes were computed from employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic county reclassifications.
(3) Ranking does not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(5) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Table 2. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the United States and all counties in Utah, fourth quarter 2025
Area Establishments Employment December 2025 Average weekly wage ($) (1)

United States (2)

12,428,415 156,700,218 1,569

Utah

144,622 1,761,550 1,389

Beaver

279 3,043 1,033

Box Elder

1,672 24,353 1,236

Cache

4,682 64,416 1,113

Carbon

643 8,515 1,067

Daggett

56 329 926

Davis

10,733 143,004 1,217

Duchesne

874 9,062 1,248

Emery

286 3,517 1,271

Garfield

285 2,204 1,549

Grand

703 6,009 995

Iron

2,331 26,509 996

Juab

419 4,757 994

Kane

448 3,960 909

Millard

476 5,333 1,153

Morgan

487 3,746 1,152

Piute

62 298 769

Rich

160 903 882

Salt Lake

69,718 821,026 1,607

San Juan

368 4,583 1,060

Sanpete

771 9,729 948

Sevier

832 9,793 1,006

Summit

3,663 35,525 1,477

Tooele

1,613 20,957 1,071

Uintah

1,376 15,614 1,209

Utah

23,650 305,583 1,282

Wasatch

1,723 12,936 1,250

Washington

8,539 91,421 1,016

Wayne

159 1,199 973

Weber

7,614 123,226 1,213

(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

Table 3. Covered establishments, employment, and wages by state, fourth quarter 2025
State Establishments,
fourth quarter
(thousands) 		Employment Average weekly wage (1)
December 2025
(thousands) 		Percent change,
December
2024-25 		Fourth quarter
2025 ($) 		National ranking
by level 		Percent change,
fourth quarter
2024-25 		National ranking
by percent change

United States (2)

12,428.4 156,700.2 0.2 1,569 -- 4.2 --

Alabama

167.4 2,135.3 0.5 1,301 36 3.7 37

Alaska

25.3 317.3 -0.3 1,497 16 4.7 14

Arizona

227.4 3,278.3 0.0 1,446 20 3.0 47

Arkansas

113.0 1,318.2 0.4 1,213 49 5.0 8

California

2,013.7 18,351.7 0.6 1,954 4 4.6 16

Colorado

258.5 2,896.4 -0.6 1,683 8 5.6 3

Connecticut

149.8 1,706.5 0.1 1,801 6 5.0 8

Delaware

47.3 481.0 0.1 1,502 15 4.7 14

District of Columbia

51.0 726.1 -4.5 2,587 1 4.1 24

Florida

886.2 10,013.2 0.3 1,471 17 4.8 12

Georgia

398.7 4,925.4 0.1 1,440 21 3.5 40

Hawaii

63.0 650.0 -0.2 1,411 25 5.0 8

Idaho

104.3 875.7 1.8 1,303 35 5.8 2

Illinois

387.7 6,089.5 -0.1 1,588 11 3.3 42

Indiana

195.6 3,211.2 0.1 1,276 40 4.5 17

Iowa

110.6 1,560.0 -0.2 1,282 39 3.7 37

Kansas

101.8 1,443.2 -0.1 1,268 44 4.1 24

Kentucky

161.3 2,008.7 -0.1 1,235 46 3.8 34

Louisiana

159.2 1,927.3 -0.5 1,267 45 3.2 44

Maine

67.6 644.7 -0.1 1,332 33 4.2 21

Maryland

199.5 2,754.6 -1.1 1,616 10 3.0 47

Massachusetts

298.5 3,625.5 -0.9 1,980 2 4.9 11

Michigan

316.9 4,412.7 0.0 1,427 23 4.2 21

Minnesota

215.2 2,948.0 0.0 1,505 14 3.7 37

Mississippi

92.2 1,180.9 0.3 1,075 51 5.1 7

Missouri

259.9 2,920.8 -0.1 1,324 34 4.4 18

Montana

62.3 512.3 -0.1 1,296 38 3.3 42

Nebraska

78.5 1,024.0 -0.2 1,275 42 4.0 31

Nevada

111.0 1,592.1 1.7 1,395 27 3.2 44

New Hampshire

67.9 688.8 -0.6 1,652 9 4.8 12

New Jersey

343.1 4,343.1 0.2 1,691 7 3.9 33

New Mexico

69.7 875.3 -0.3 1,275 42 4.1 24

New York

719.1 9,907.5 0.4 1,975 3 5.4 4

North Carolina

392.1 4,991.1 0.9 1,409 26 3.8 34

North Dakota

37.0 430.4 -0.2 1,350 31 2.7 49

Ohio

348.5 5,554.4 0.0 1,358 30 4.1 24

Oklahoma

129.3 1,717.1 0.1 1,217 48 4.1 24

Oregon

177.9 1,975.8 -1.0 1,468 19 3.2 44

Pennsylvania

398.1 6,094.8 0.2 1,470 18 4.0 31

Rhode Island

49.1 500.3 -0.1 1,429 22 6.0 1

South Carolina

192.4 2,344.7 1.5 1,276 40 4.3 20

South Dakota

41.2 458.9 -0.2 1,230 47 4.1 24

Tennessee

225.2 3,281.6 -0.3 1,424 24 3.8 34

Texas

860.8 14,255.2 0.8 1,549 13 4.2 21

Utah

144.6 1,761.6 1.4 1,389 28 4.1 24

Vermont

34.5 309.3 -0.9 1,378 29 5.3 5

Virginia

324.0 4,166.9 0.5 1,585 12 2.6 50

Washington

242.1 3,590.3 -0.3 1,948 5 2.4 51

West Virginia

62.8 698.3 -0.6 1,203 50 3.5 40

Wisconsin

213.9 2,946.2 -0.1 1,346 32 5.3 5

Wyoming

31.7 278.4 -0.8 1,297 37 4.4 18

Puerto Rico

53.5 974.7 -0.2 735 (3) 2.8 (3)

Virgin Islands

3.0 34.7 0.3 1,068 (3) 2.7 (3)

(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(3) Data not included in the national ranking.

Note: Data are preliminary. Dashes indicate data not applicable or available. Covered employment and wages include workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.

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