The latest Utah jobs report shows a slight increase in the unemployment rate as well as overall growth in jobs.
Those two statistics may sound contradictory. After all, it's usual fewer jobs that cause an increase in the number of unemployed workers. But Utah added 28,200 since June 2012, so the unemployment rate increase indicates more workers who had left the workforce are once again looking for work.
Utah continues to outpace the national employment rates. The U.S. unemployment rate is 7.6 percent compared to Utah's 4.7 percent rate. Job growth nation wide continues to trail behind as the nation grows at a 1.7 percent rate while Utah added jobs at 2.2 percent.
You can read the full jobs report from the Department of Workforce Services here. ([ Ссылка ])
