SALT LAKE CITY (July 21, 2023) — Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for June 2023 increased an estimated 3.2% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 54,200 jobs since June 2022. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,726,500.

June’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 2.4%. Approximately 42,600 Utahns are unemployed. Utah’s May unemployment rate is unrevised at 2.3%. The June national unemployment rate moved down one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.6%. More...

SALT LAKE CITY (June 16, 2023) — Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for May 2023 increased an estimated 2.9% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 48,900 jobs since May 2022. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,727,100.

May’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 2.3%. Approximately 42,000 Utahns are unemployed. Utah’s April unemployment rate is unrevised at 2.3%. The May national unemployment rate moved up three-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7%. More...

SALT LAKE CITY (May 19, 2023)  — Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for April 2023 increased an estimated 2.6% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 43,500 jobs since April 2022. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,720,300.

April’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 2.3%. Approximately 41,300 Utahns are unemployed. Utah’s March unemployment rate is unrevised at 2.4%. The April national unemployment rate moved down one notch to 3.4%. More...