Published April 16, 2021 at 6:40 PM MDT Listen • 5:12
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State Optimistic About Job Gains
About 46,600 Utahns were out of work in March according to the latest numbers from the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Compared to March 2020, the state added 13,800 jobs. The unemployment rate last month was 2.9%, about half the national average. Mark Knold is Chief Economist at the Department of Workforce Services. He said this was the first month where they could make comparisons to when the pandemic began in the U.S. He said he expects year-over-year job gains to look good in coming months because of that.
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New numbers show the Beehive State reached 2.9% unemployment last month, less than half the U.S. average of 6% and officially the nationâs lowest rate, tied with Nebraska, South Dakota and Vermont.
Data released Friday also offers further evidence that vaccinations and declining coronavirus case rates may be easing economic havoc wrought by the pandemic, at least in some parts of the U.S., while other portions continue to get slammed.
Twenty-one states saw meaningful drops in their unemployment rates last month, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In places such as New York and Hawaii, though, unemployment is as high as 9%, and the overall U.S. rate of 6% represents nearly 9.7 million people still furloughed or out of work across the country.
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Mily Santos, Department of Workforce Services employment counselor, helps Gary Barr file a complaint against a job training provider that didn’t provide adequate training after losing his unemployment benefits at the Department of Workforce Services in Taylorsville on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
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One year since the coronavirus pandemic shocked the Utah economy, sending thousands of people into the morass of joblessness, the Beehive State today boasts the lowest unemployment rate in the nation.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services reported in Salt Lake City Friday that March’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.9%, less than half of the national jobless rate of 6%. Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for March rose an estimated 0.9% over the past 12 months as the state economy gained 13,800 new jobs since March of last year. The state’s current employment level stands at 1,566,900, while approximately 46,
SALT LAKE CITY One year since the coronavirus pandemic shocked the Utah economy, sending thousands of people into the morass of joblessness, the Beehive State today boasts the lowest unemployment rate in the nation.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services reported in Salt Lake City Friday that March s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.9%, less than half of the national jobless rate of 6%. Utah s nonfarm payroll employment for March rose an estimated 0.9% over the past 12 months as the state economy gained 13,800 new jobs since March of last year. The state s current employment level stands at 1,566,900, while approximately 46,600 Utahns are considered unemployed.
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