Utah’s unemployment rate continues to show moderate decreases, with January’s rate coming in at 3.2 percent, down slightly from December’s 3.3 percent, which was revised from the originally reported 3.5 percent, according to data released by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). Prior to December, DWS reported a rate of 3.5 percent for both October and November.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a January national jobless rate of 4 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from December.
DWS also reported that Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for January increased an estimated 1.9 percent from the prior year, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 32,800 jobs since Please log in to see the rest of this story.
