Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for March 2023 increased an estimated 2.7% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 44,100 jobs since March 2022. Utah employment currently stands at 1,705,400. Daggett County employment reported at 332. Duchesne County employment reported at 8,354 and Uintah County employment reported at 13,968. “During the past year, Utah’s economy added 44,100 new jobs,” shares DWS Chief Economist Mark Knold. “However, we are seeing the rate of job openings coming down from the COVID-era peak of a year ago. The rate of job openings is still higher than anything seen before the pandemic. Available jobs are still plentiful.” County unemployment rates will be shared next week.
