Salt Lake City, UT jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Salt Lake City
- Account Executive – Mid MarketSearchable
- Account Executive – Enterprise AgencySearchable
- Sales Development Representative (SDR) - EnterpriseSearchable
- Operations Manager - FloorWalmart
- Rheumatology Territory Business Manager, Salt Lake City, UTArgenx
- Senior Software EngineerMedallion Bank
- Account Executive – Mid Market AgencySearchable
- Account Executive - Metro Salt Lake CityShamrock Foods
- Systems AnalystMedallion Bank
- Area Manager - FloorWalmart
Employers hiring most in Salt Lake City
- L3HARRIS Technologies63 open roles
- Harris Health Strategic Fund43 open roles
- L3Harris42 open roles
- iCapital32 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration26 open roles
- Brex23 open roles
- Goldman Sachs19 open roles
- Albany International17 open roles
- Filevine16 open roles
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement14 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Salt Lake City
- Ttec20,001–100,000 employees
- University of Utah5,001–20,000 employees
- Alkami Technology1,001–5,000 employees
- ZoomInfo1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Salt Lake City layoffs
No layoff notices naming Salt Lake City in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Where Salt Lake City ranks
Where Salt Lake City placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Mountain West19% · of 14
- #1Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Mountain West66 / 100 · of 11
- #2Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Mountain West142 jobs · of 15
- #2Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Mountain West66 / 100 · of 11
- #3Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Mountain West289 openings · of 22
- #3Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Mountain West60 / 100 · of 11
Salt Lake County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 3.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+8,230 jobs), construction (+4,130 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−4,613 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Salt Lake City. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Utah Company Expanding To Green River Promising Union Jobs Amid WE Soda CutsCowboy State Daily · Nov 12, 2026
- Utah company to expand into Green River, bringing local jobs after community hit by mass layoffsKTVX Salt Lake City on MSN · Nov 12, 2026
- ‘We can overcome’: City of Green River issues statement on mass layoffs at local mining facilityKTVX Salt Lake City on MSN · Nov 11, 2026
- Helicopter wildlife sweep disrupts 3 Utah national parksTravelHost on MSN · Nov 8, 2026
- Utah County nonprofit to close Heber City food pantry; announces layoffsKSL · Oct 26, 2026
- ‘We need help’: Homeless cleanup nonprofit furloughs employees, faces full shutdownYahoo · Oct 23, 2026
- The Gambling Wire: Utah Sues Kalshi as Flutter Plans 1,400 Job CutsGambling Insider · Oct 21, 2026
- Are you giving taxpayers shares? — Tucker Carlson grills Kevin O'Leary over $15 billion Utah data center asking taxpayers to payBenzinga on MSN · Oct 20, 2026
Learn and get funded in Salt Lake City
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Salt Lake City. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Utah? How to file for unemployment in Utah (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Utah Workforce Development Board
Serves all of Utah
Salt Lake County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
705,101
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,184,689
people in Salt Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$94,658
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Utah’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Utah unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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