(Salt Lake City, UT) — Initial filings for unemployment are on the rise across Utah. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says that for the week ending December 7th, more than 24-hundred initial filings for unemployment were filed across the state. The week prior, there were nearly […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Initial filings for unemployment are declining across Utah. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says that for the week ending November 30th, nearly 18-hundred initial filings were made across Utah. That number is down by more than 300 filings compared to the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Initial filings for unemployment are on the rise across Utah. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says that for the week ending November 16th, more than 19-hundred new filings for unemployment were submitted. That number is up from just over 13-hundred the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Unemployment claims rose to begin November in Utah. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of jobless claims filed topped 15-hundred in the week ending on November 2nd. This was an increase of almost 50 from the week prior. Although the increase in […]
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Department of Labor says initial filings for unemployment benefits in Utah dropped last week. New jobless claims fell to 1,144 in the week ending March 9th. That statistic is down from the 1,235 filings the week before. Oregon saw the largest percentage increase in weekly […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s job growth slowed and the unemployment rate rose in August, but the jobless rate is still near historic lows. Unemployment was up half-a-percent last month, to two-point-five percent, one of the lowest jobless rates on record. Utah employers added 41-thousand new jobs, a marked […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly in June but employment grew in all but one industry. More than one-point-seven million Utahns had jobs in June, a nearly three-percent increase over June of last year, while the unemployment rate was two-point-four percent, up from two-point-three percent […]
(St. George, UT) — The start of 2023 is seeing strong job growth in Southern Utah and throughout the state. The Department of Workforce Services reported on Wednesday that Utah added 46-thousand-400 jobs in the 12-months that ended in January. That’s a two-point-eight percent gain, year-over-year and the St. George […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s unemployment rate is now two-percent after adding 56-thousand-600 jobs in the past year. The state Department of Workforce Services says there were about 35-thousand-500 Utahns unemployed in July. The national rate for July was also down, falling a tenth of a percent to three-point-five […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s unemployment rate remains one of the lowest in the country. Numbers from the Department of Workforce Services show May’s unemployment rate at two-percent, which was a slight increase from April’s figures. The national unemployment rate held at three-point-six-percent.
