The unemployment rates for both Utah and the nation as a whole were unchanged in January, according to data release by the Utah Department of Workforce Services. January’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 2.8 percent, the department said, leaving about 50,300 Utahns unemployed. The January national jobless rate stayed at 3.7 percent.
Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for January 2024 increased an estimated 1.9 percent across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 32,100 jobs since January 2023. Utah’s current job count stands at Please log in to see the rest of this story.
