Utah’s unemployment rate steadied in December after several months of small increases. The jobless rate saw no change in December, remaining the same as November’s 2.8 percent, leaving about 59,300 residents without jobs, the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) said in its monthly jobs report.
The national unemployment rate also remained unchanged at 3.7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December showed a 12-month increase of 1.7 percent, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 28,900 jobs since December 2022. Utah’s current job count stands at Please log in to see the rest of this story.
