County profile
Salt Lake County, UT
United States · GDP 2024
#28 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$153.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
693,721
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
35,732
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$73.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,220,916
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$97.5k±$1.3k
Bachelor's degree+
39.4%
Poverty rate
8.1%±0.4%
Business applications
26,549 · 2025
Retail establishments
3,495
28.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1PROG Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$2.4B72B2Merit Medical Systems, Inc.Healthcare$1.5B83B+3HealthEquity, Inc.Healthcare$1.3B82B+4Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.2B51D5USANA Health Sciences, Inc.Consumer Defensive$925.3M64C6Varex Imaging CorporationHealthcare$844.6M66B7Myriad Genetics, Inc.Healthcare$824.5M67B8Cricut, Inc.Technology$708.8M63C9Traeger, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$559.5M31D10Zions Bancorporation, National AssociationFinancial Services$529.0M57C11BRC Inc.Consumer Defensive$398.3M54D12Security National Financial CorporationFinancial Services$344.6M59C13Health Catalyst, Inc.Healthcare$311.1M56C14Franklin Covey Co.Consumer Defensive$267.1M63C15Clarus CorporationConsumer Cyclical$250.4M43D16Extra Space Storage Inc.Real Estate$129.5M68B17Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$74.7M55C18Utah Medical Products, Inc.Healthcare$38.5M80B+19OMNIQ Corp.Technology$33.0M48D20Predictive Discovery LimitedHealthcare$24.4M——21ReposiTrak, Inc.Technology$22.6M——22FatPipe, Inc.Technology$19.2M66B23Rafarma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$9.2M71B24Palladyne AI Corp.Technology$5.2M47D25BluSky AI, Inc.Basic Materials$4.7M30DHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care21%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Professional services15%
Food & accommodation15%
Finance & insurance14%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,220,916
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $75.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−50,985
International migration+50,526
Natural change+34,412
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$106.1B2019
$107.0B2020
$120.8B2021
$135.4B2022
$146.5B2023
$153.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$525.7k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±0.3%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
$2.0B
7,179 units · 5.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Avalanche 99Winter weather 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
7372016
8052017
8782018
9422019
9942020
11732021
14002022
14072023
14642024
15022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -33% since 202110,6492021
9,3752022
8,3152023
4,5502024
7,1792025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-15
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
UP
Nearest port
759.1 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
14.1 km
SALT LAKE CITY INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR15 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$73.7k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Salt Lake?
Salt Lake's economy produced $153.8B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.