While the nation’s unemployment rate inched up by one-tenth of a percentage point in March, Utah’s rate dropped by the same amount.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) reported the state’s unemployment rate last month at 3.1 percent, down from February’s 3.2 percent and leaving an estimated 57,570 Utahns out of the workforce. Meanwhile, the U.S. rate rose a bit to 4.2 percent.
Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for March climbed an estimated Please log in to see the rest of this story.