As Utah’s unemployment rate inches upward and the nation’s rate continues its steady fall, they will seemingly soon be the same.
The Utah jobless rate climbed two-tenths of a percentage point from 3.3 percent in August to 3.5 percent in September, according to the latest numbers released by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). Nationwide, the figure dropped another one-tenth of a point to 4.1 percent, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, the number of Utahns holding jobs continues its steady climb. Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for September 2024 increased an Please log in to see the rest of this story.
