FRESENIUS
3.4%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
5.5%
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Utah Department of Workforce Services
HIGHLIGHTS
Lowest WORKFORCE
Utah’s unemployment rate is one of the nation’s lowest.
Utah’s exceptional combination of businessfriendly policies coupled with its energetic, educated and youthful workforce has created one of the nation’s most robust economies.
Utah is a right-to-work state.
2.8%
Job growth in Utah is projected to be 2.8 percent annually through 2020, compared with 1.3 percent for the rest of the United States. Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services.
RIGHT-TO-WORK STATE Utah is one of 24 U.S. states operating under a right-to-work law. About 5 percent of Utahns are covered by collective bargaining agreements. Utah is 43rd in the nation in percentage of unionized workers. A DYNAMIC POPULATION
Youngest 4
UTAH GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
MEDIAN AGE IN UTAH: 30.2 NATIONAL MEDIAN AGE: 37.5
