April’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Utah is estimated at 2.3 percent and approximately 41,300 Utahns are unemployed. The April national unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4 percent. The unemployment rate for Daggett County is 4 percent, Duchesne County is 2.7 percent, and Uintah County is 3 percent. “Ever so slowly the Utah economy has decelerated every month this year,” shares DWS Chief Economist Mark Knold. “The year began with over-the-year job growth of 2.9 percent. Each month since it has reduced by one-tenth of a percentage point, with over-the-year growth now sitting at 2.6 percent. Nearly all industry sectors continue to make new job contributions to the employment base, and the unemployment rate is rock-bottom low.”
