Utah’s Employment Summary: April 2015


Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Workforce Services
Carrie Mayne, Chief Economist
May 22, 2015

Employment Year-Over % Change: 4.0%
Employment # Change: 52,500
Unemployment Rate: 3.4%

United States

Bureau of Labor Statics Unemployment Rates for States Monthly Rankings Seasonally Adjusted Apr. 2015

Employment Year-Over % Change: 2.2%
Unemployment Rate: 5.4%

Unemployment Statistics

#1 Nebraska 2.5
#2 North Dakota 3.1
#3 Utah 3.4
#4 South Dakota 3.6
#4 Vermont 3.6
#6 Minnesota 3.7
#7 Idaho 3.8
#7 Iowa 3.8
#7 New Hampshire 3.8
#10 Montana 4.0

Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for April 2015 grew by an estimated 4.0 percent, adding 52,500 jobs to the economy as compared to April 2014. Utah’s current employment level registers 1,347,700.

April’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from the prior three months of 2015 at 3.4 percent. Approximately 49,700 Utahns were unemployed in the month and actively seeking work. The national unemployment rate dropped one tenth of a percentage point to 5.4 percent in April.

“Our state’s economy is growing at a steady and robust pace,” reported Carrie Mayne, Chief Economist at the Department of Workforce Services. “Thus far in 2015, the number of unemployed has remained under 50,000 and an average of 53,000 jobs has been added per month.” Eight of the ten private sector industry groups measured in the establishment survey posted net job increases in April, as compared to last year. Other Services showed no job growth, and Natural Resources and Mining contracted by 600 positions. The largest private sector employment increases were in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (13,500 jobs); Professional and Business Services (8,800 jobs); and Leisure and Hospitality (8,000 jobs).

The fastest employment growth occurred in Construction (7.2 percent); Leisure and Hospitality (6.2 percent); and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (5.4 percent).