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$844.6M67B7Myriad Genetics, Inc.Healthcare$824.5M67B8Cricut, Inc.Technology$708.8M62C9Traeger, 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.Industrials$267.1M57C15Clarus CorporationConsumer Cyclical$250.4M44D16Extra Space Storage Inc.Real Estate$129.5M67B17Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$74.7M54D18Utah Medical Products, Inc.Healthcare$38.5M80B+19OMNIQ Corp.Technology$33.0M48D20Predictive Discovery LimitedBasic Materials$24.4M——21ReposiTrak, Inc.Technology$22.6M74B22FatPipe, 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 EDGAR46 filings from 24 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.