West Valley City, UT Unemployment Rate Report

West Valley City, UT Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Valley-City, Utah has ranged from 1.5% in November 2021 to 11.4% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-Valley-City is 2.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Valley City, UT Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

West Valley City, UT Current Unemployment - 2.1%

West Valley City, UT Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2022	3.0%	2.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.7%	2.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.6%	2.1%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.3%	2.0%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.3%	2.2%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.5%	2.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.2%	2.1%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.1%	2.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2021	4.1%	3.5%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.3%	3.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.6%	3.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.3%	2.8%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.1%	2.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.5%	3.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.1%	2.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.8%	2.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	1.9%	2.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	1.7%	2.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	1.5%	1.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	1.6%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2020	3.0%	2.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.1%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.3%	4.1%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.4%	10.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.8%	7.6%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.7%	5.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	5.6%	4.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.1%	4.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.7%	4.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.4%	3.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.6%	3.2%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.9%	3.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2019	3.1%	3.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.3%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.3%	3.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.8%	2.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.0%	3.0%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.7%	2.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.2%	2.2%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.1%	2.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.1%	2.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.3%	2.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2018	3.8%	3.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.7%	3.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.1%	3.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.0%	2.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.4%	3.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	3.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.7%	2.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.5%	2.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.8%	2.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2017	3.9%	3.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.9%	3.7%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.7%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.5%	3.2%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.3%	3.2%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.7%	3.7%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.4%	3.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.4%	3.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.0%	3.0%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.8%	2.9%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.8%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.0%	2.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2016	4.1%	3.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.2%	4.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.9%	3.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.5%	3.5%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.3%	3.4%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.8%	3.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.4%	3.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.4%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.1%	3.1%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.0%	3.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	2.9%	2.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.2%	3.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2015	4.4%	3.9%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.4%	4.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.1%	3.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.6%	3.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	3.6%	3.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.0%	4.0%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.7%	3.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.7%	3.7%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.4%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.3%	3.3%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.3%	3.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.7%	3.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2014	5.0%	4.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.3%	4.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	4.8%	4.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.0%	3.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.0%	3.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	4.4%	4.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	4.2%	4.0%	6.2%
8 / 2014	4.3%	4.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	3.7%	3.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	3.6%	3.5%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.4%	3.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.7%	3.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2013	6.1%	5.5%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.2%	5.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.8%	5.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.2%	4.5%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.0%	4.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.5%	5.0%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.3%	4.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.0%	4.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	4.5%	4.1%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.1%	4.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	4.1%	3.8%	6.9%
12 / 2013	4.3%	3.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2012	7.1%	6.2%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.2%	6.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.8%	6.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.1%	5.4%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.8%	5.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.2%	5.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.0%	5.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.8%	5.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	5.3%	4.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.1%	4.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.0%	4.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.3%	4.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2011	9.1%	7.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.9%	7.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.6%	7.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.1%	7.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.7%	6.8%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.8%	7.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.6%	6.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.4%	6.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.0%	6.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.6%	5.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.3%	5.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.6%	5.6%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2010	9.5%	8.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.5%	8.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.5%	8.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.1%	7.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.8%	7.8%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.2%	8.2%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.8%	8.0%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.8%	8.0%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.4%	7.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.4%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.1%	7.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.5%	7.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2009	8.1%	6.6%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.9%	7.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.1%	7.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.9%	7.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.2%	7.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.9%	7.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.8%	7.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.9%	7.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.5%	7.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.5%	7.3%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.3%	7.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.4%	7.6%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2008	4.1%	3.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.3%	3.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.2%	3.4%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.8%	3.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.0%	3.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.6%	3.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.6%	3.7%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.8%	3.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.3%	3.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.5%	3.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.6%	3.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.4%	5.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2007	3.5%	2.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.5%	2.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.3%	2.5%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.9%	2.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.1%	2.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.7%	2.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.6%	2.8%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.7%	2.8%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.3%	2.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.3%	2.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.1%	2.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.3%	2.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2006	4.8%	3.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.9%	3.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.6%	3.5%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.0%	3.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.0%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.4%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	3.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.0%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.3%	2.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.1%	2.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.8%	2.1%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.8%	2.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2005	6.1%	4.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.2%	4.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.9%	4.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.3%	4.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.3%	4.1%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.8%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.4%	4.2%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.3%	4.0%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.2%	3.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.9%	3.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.5%	3.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.3%	3.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2004	7.5%	5.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.5%	5.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	5.6%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.7%	5.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.7%	5.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.2%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.0%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.8%	5.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.1%	4.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.9%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.6%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.5%	4.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2003	8.3%	6.2%	5.8%
2 / 2003	8.4%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.1%	6.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.6%	5.6%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.5%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.3%	6.1%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.8%	5.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.8%	5.7%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.2%	5.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.0%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.7%	5.0%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.6%	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2002	7.2%	5.7%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.7%	6.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.9%	5.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.8%	5.7%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.9%	5.7%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.5%	6.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.4%	6.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.5%	6.1%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.9%	5.7%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.8%	5.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.5%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.4%	5.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2001	5.0%	4.1%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.4%	4.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.6%	4.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.2%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.4%	4.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.2%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.2%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.5%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.1%	4.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.0%	4.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.0%	4.4%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.3%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 2000	4.1%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.3%	3.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.2%	3.3%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.8%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.0%	3.2%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.8%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.6%	3.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.7%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.2%	3.2%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.1%	3.2%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.0%	3.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.9%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1999	4.5%	3.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.7%	4.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.7%	3.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.3%	3.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.4%	3.6%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.1%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.7%	3.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.7%	3.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.1%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.8%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.2%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.1%	2.6%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1998	4.4%	3.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.6%	3.8%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.6%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.3%	3.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.3%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.0%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.7%	4.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.7%	4.0%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.1%	3.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.0%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.7%	3.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.6%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1997	3.9%	3.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.0%	3.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.9%	3.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.5%	2.9%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.7%	3.0%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.4%	3.6%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.0%	3.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.0%	3.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.5%	3.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.5%	3.0%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.3%	2.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.3%	2.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1996	3.9%	3.6%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.3%	3.8%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.2%	3.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.8%	3.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.0%	3.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.5%	3.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.1%	3.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.0%	3.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.5%	3.1%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.4%	3.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.3%	3.0%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.1%	2.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1995	4.5%	4.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.6%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.2%	3.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.1%	3.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.1%	3.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.6%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.2%	3.6%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.1%	3.7%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.6%	3.2%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.4%	3.1%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.2%	3.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.0%	2.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1994	4.6%	4.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.7%	4.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.5%	3.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.3%	3.6%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.3%	3.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.0%	4.2%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.7%	4.0%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.8%	4.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.3%	3.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.2%	3.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.0%	3.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.8%	3.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1993	5.7%	4.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.9%	5.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.4%	4.5%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.9%	4.0%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.9%	4.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.4%	4.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.7%	4.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.7%	4.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.1%	3.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.0%	3.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.7%	3.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.6%	3.1%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1992	6.5%	5.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.8%	5.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.3%	5.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.8%	4.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.8%	4.8%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.4%	5.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.7%	4.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.9%	5.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.5%	4.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.3%	4.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.2%	4.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.0%	4.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1991	5.5%	4.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.0%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.7%	4.8%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.3%	4.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.4%	4.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.3%	5.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.8%	4.8%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.1%	5.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.7%	4.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.5%	4.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.4%	4.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.2%	4.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Valley City, UT%	Utah%	National %
1 / 1990	5.4%	4.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.7%	5.0%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.6%	4.7%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.2%	4.5%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.1%	4.4%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.5%	4.8%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.8%	4.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.1%	4.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.5%	4.0%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.8%	4.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.4%	4.0%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.2%	3.9%	6.3%