For the third consecutive month, Utah’s unemployment rate for December was reported at 3.5 percent by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS), while the nation’s jobless rate continued to drop slightly. The U.S. rate ended the year at 4.1 percent, down one-tenth of a point from Novemeber.
DWS also reported that Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December increased an estimated 2.6 percent since last December. The state’s economy added a cumulative 44,800 jobs in that time and Utah’s current job count stands at approximately 1,790,300.
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