Salt Lake City, Utah Economy Profile

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Salt Lake City, Utah Economy

68.41% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among them 30.64% are females aged 16 and over. Sixty-nine point three five percent of Salt Lake City, Utah workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 6.28% use public transportation (including taxicab). Three point two three percent of Salt Lake City, Utah residents work at home.

The total population of Salt Lake City, Utah is one hundred and eighty-one thousand, seven hundred and forty-three people. The median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah is thirty-six thousand, nine hundred and forty-four dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 38.34% of all occupations. 7.63% of Salt Lake City, Utah population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.45% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 12.03% of occupations.

18.07% of families in Salt Lake City, Utah have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. Salt Lake City, Utah median household income is thirty-six thousand, nine hundred and forty-four dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive thirty-one thousand, five hundred and eleven dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $26,403.

	Salt Lake City, Utah	%, Salt Lake City, Utah	United States
Population 16 years and over	143,161		217,168,077
In labor force	97,936	68.41%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	97,771	68.29%	63.39%
- - Employed	92,074	64.32%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	5,697	3.98%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	165	0.12%	0.53%
Not in labor force	45,225	31.59%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	71,151	49.7%	51.66%
In labor force	43,867	30.64%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	43,824	30.61%	29.65%
- - Employed	41,262	28.82%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	15,773	11.02%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	8,739		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	90,187		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	62,542	69.35%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	12,521	13.88%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	5,665	6.28%	4.73%
Walked	4,427	4.91%	2.93%
Other means	2,117	2.35%	1.19%
Worked at home	2,915	3.23%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.2	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	92,074		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	35,305	38.34%	33.65%
Service occupations	14,190	15.41%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	24,349	26.45%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	128	0.14%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	7,026	7.63%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	11,076	12.03%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	501	0.54%	1.87%
Construction	5,586	6.07%	6.78%
Manufacturing	8,755	9.51%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	2,810	3.05%	3.6%
Retail trade	9,033	9.81%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4,507	4.89%	5.2%
Information	3,854	4.19%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	6,513	7.07%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	11,282	12.25%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	20,774	22.56%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	10,288	11.17%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	4,280	4.65%	4.87%
Public administration	3,891	4.23%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	71,604	77.77%	78.47%
Government workers	15,602	16.95%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	4,671	5.07%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	197	0.21%	0.31%

	Salt Lake City, Utah	%, Salt Lake City, Utah	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	71,492		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	7,660	10.71%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,193	7.26%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	11,087	15.51%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	9,920	13.88%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	11,801	16.51%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	12,733	17.81%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,810	8.13%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,304	6.02%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,326	1.85%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,658	2.32%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	36,944		41,994
With earnings	58,491	40.86%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	50,876		56,604
With Social Security income	15,259	10.66%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,510		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	2,933	2.05%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,937		6,320
With public assistance income	3,007	2.1%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,696		3,032
With retirement income	9,581	6.69%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,150		17,376
Families	40,386		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	2,356	5.83%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,890	4.68%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,243	12.98%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,435	13.46%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,298	18.07%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	8,309	20.57%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,116	10.19%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,265	8.08%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,075	2.66%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	1,399	3.46%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	45,140		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,752		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,511		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,403		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	4,189		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	3,318	79.21%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	1,951	46.57%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,520		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,351	88.88%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	681	44.8%	42.27%
Individuals	27,305		33,899,812
18 years and over	19,351	70.87%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,658	6.07%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	7,765	28.44%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	5,102	18.69%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	11,608	42.51%	31.63%

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