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Utah Department of Workforce Services

Executive Director

Jon Pierpont

Workorce Research and Analysis

Carrie Mayne, Director and Chie Economist

Contributors

Mark Knold

Lecia Parks Langston

Natalie Torosyan

Jim Robson

Nate Talley

Eric MartinsonMeLauni Jensen

Tyson Smith

Antonette P. Gray

Editor

Kathy Sturzenegger

Designer

Pat Swenson

ear readers:

In response to a report onintergenerational poverty that theDepartment of Workforce Servicesprovided last year, the 2013 sessionof the Utah Legislature created theIntergenerational Welfare ReformCommission and the IntergenerationalPoverty Advisory Committee. I serve asthe chair of the commission and BishopH. David Burton chairs the AdvisoryCommittee. Among many ndings, last

years report showed:

The more impoverished a person isduring childhood, the more likelythat person is to receive publicassistance (PA) as an adult.

One in every 20 intergenerationalteen girls (ages 13 to 17) waspregnant during 2012, expecting thefourth generation of PA recipients.

One third of intergenerationaladults have less than a high schooldiploma or GED completion. Mostof the remaining population have nopostsecondary education

Together, Bishop Burton and I as wellas our respective teams are working

on a policy agenda that addressesthese trends in a meaningful way

with the goal of ending the cycle ofpoverty. Some of the initial ideas tohelp us reach our goal include fosteringcollaboration across state agenciesand community partners in sharingand analyzing data and informationregarding intergenerational povertyin the state; examining and analyzingthe shared data; and identifying anddeveloping eective and ecientplans, programs and recommendationsto help at-risk children in the stateescape the cycle of poverty and welfaredependency.

I am condent that we can set forthan agenda to increase awarenessand promote meaningful publicpolicy that addresses and ends intergenerational poverty in Utah.

sincerely,

Jon Pierpont, Executive Director,Department of Workforce Services

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jobs.utah.gov/wi Trendlines

4 Federal Sequestration & Utah's EconomyWasatch Front and Statewide

6The Debate Over Falling Labor

Force ParticipationEconomic News

8New Occupational Employment

and Wage DataNational News

10 What Do Job Orders Say?Economic Insight

12Wasatch Front Metropolitan

Industry ProjectionsThe Outlook

14Apples & Oranges: A Comparison of Public andPrivate Sector Occupational Employment and Wages

FYI

16Waging a Living: What do Utah's

Occupations Pay?What's Happening

18Long-Term Employment Projections

or Utah's Non-Wasatch Front RegionsThe Outskirts

21 The New jobs.utah.govDWS News

22 Operations Research AnalystOccupations

24 Utah Workers with DisabilitiesInsider News

26Proessional, Technical and

Scientifc ServicesIndustry Highlight

27 Just the Facts...Rate Update

contents

Industry Outlook

and Occupational

Update

Summer 2013

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OCCUPATIONS PAY?

UTAH'S ECONOMY:

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4/284 Summer 2013

wasatch front and statewide |by mark knold, senior economist

As we begin the beginning o ederalgovernment sequestration, manyeconomic pundits believe the economywill slow over the spring and summer months,aecting state economies as well. There willprobably be some setback to Utahs growthmomentum as we move toward the all months,but economic recovery will still remain intact.The summer months should be just a pausein the pace o Utah economic recovery. The

sequestration this year, combined with the endo the payroll tax holiday as well as tax revenueincreases and spending cuts included in the scalcli and debt limit deals, will shave around 1.5percentage points o potential U.S. GDP growth.This slowing will trickle down to Utah.

Utahs employment growth rebound rom therecession has been much better than moststates, as employment gains have firted with 4.0

percent growth through the rst three monthso 2013. But the Bureau o Labor Statistics'Utah employment estimate showed growth onan annual basis slipping rom that 4.0-percentrange in March to 3.5 percent in April. There willprobably be more slippage as the summer monthsprogress, but we do not expect to see annualemployment growth all below 3.0 percent in Utah.

Those who opine on the national economy eelthis sequestration and scal restraint will ease

by this years ourth quarter and that a stronghousing market rebound will help lead GDPgrowth to a higher level in 2014. Though in Utahwe expect the growth rate to weaken with somefuctuation as we move through the remaindero this year, or calendar year 2013 growthshould be around 3.4 percent, largely matching2012s growth rate o 3.3 percent. A better yearis expected or 2014 with employment growthorecast around 3.8 percent.

Federal Sequestration & Utah's

Growth in 2013 should largely match

2012s growth rate o 3.3 percent.

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6/286Summer 2013

economic news | by mark knold, senior economist

he percentage o theworking age population(16 and older) that is

either working or lookingor work (the labor orceparticipation rate) has allensharply during the recent recession,both here in Utah and in theUnited States. Past recessions havehad rising unemployment andcorresponding job losses, but nonehave been accompanied by theamount o labor orce participationdecline like this recession. Is thedrop in participation a problem orthe economy going orward?

Questions about why participationdropped and whether it is apermanent (structural) or temporary(cyclical) decline is under debatethroughout the nation. A structuralproblem is not as worrisome asa cyclical one, and proessionaljournals and the blogosphere arealive with discussion.

Interest in the topic comes rom anational loss o 3 million workers.Some argue that the loss is natural

that it is nothing more thanthe aging o the baby boomergeneration. The timing o therecession was such that it occurredright when this structural declinewould have developed anyway.

The counter-argument is that ithis is not the driving actor, thendeclining participation is largelymade up o rustrated job seekers

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declining labor force participation rates

united states & utah

60.0%

62.0%

64.0%

66.0%

68.0%

70.0%

72.0%

74.0%

1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011

Utah

United States

Source:U.S.BureauofLaborS

tatistics

abandoning their search. I thatis the case, then the implicationsare twoold: the labor market maybe weaker than the publishedunemployment rate suggests, and iunemployed workers are giving upon nding a job, they could drit soar rom the labor orce that they areunlikely to return, even when hiringimproves. This counter-argumentpredicts a more negative impact onthe uture state o the economy thanthe ormer, as retirements are usuallyplanned or.

The decline at the national levelis probably a combination o bothcauses. The national participationrate has been inching downward

since the late 1990s, suggestingsomething structural. While therecession accelerated that pace, thenational decline still appears morestructural than cyclical.

The case in Utah may be dierent,though, as participation declineappears to be more cyclical. Utahslabor orce is much younger thanthat o the nation, so it does notexperience the same proportionalinfuence by the baby boomretirement phenomenon. Utahsparticipation rate had not allenat all prior to this recession, butonly declined when the recessionhit and did so at a higher ratethan the nation (72 percent to

66 percent or Utah compared to66 percent to 63 percent or thenation). Also, recessionary layostend to hit young workers moreheavily than older workers. Utahsparticipation rate, unlike thenations, has bottomed out and isrebounding, pointing more to acyclical recession issue than a babyboom issue.

In Utah, lower participation couldbe economically problematic in theuture, but the rate seems to be onthe rebound. Nationally, however,the declining rate has more to dowith an aging labor orce settlinginto retirement, and it not cause or

great alarm.


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national news |by jim robson, economist

Every year the U.S. Bureau o Labor Statisticsreleases wage and employment estimatesor over 800 detailed occupations.

Occupational wage estimates are some o themost widely used labor market statistics. Inparticular, average wage data enable businessesto compare the wage rates they pay byoccupation with national and regional averages.Wage rates inorm business decisions with regardto workorce retention and recruitment. Workers

and job seekers use these same averages to gaugetheir own nancial expectations surroundingcurrent or desired uture employment.

These estimates are available or the nation as awhole, or individual states and or metropolitanand non-metropolitan areas. For example, thereare ve metro areas and our non-metropolitanareas in Utah. Each o Utahs 29 counties allwithin one o these nine regions.

Occupational Employment

and Wage DataNE

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Figure 1: Employment and Median Hourly Wages Estimated for Selected New OccupationMay 2012

2010

SOC

Code Occupational Title

United States Utah

Employment

Estimate

Median

Hourly

Wage

Employment

Estimate

Median

Hourly

Wage

Total All Occupations 130,287,700 $16.71 1,200,850 $15.75

13-1131 Fundraisers 48,530 $24.37 280 $20.77

15-1122 Inormation security analysts 72,670 $41.43 700 $37.06

15-1134 Web developers 102,940 $30.05 1,700 $25.45

15-1143 Computer network architec ts 137,890 $43.75 550 $39.79

15-1152 Computer network support

specialists

167,980 $28.41 1,500 $27.72

21-1094 Community health workers 38,020 $16.64 480 $20.18

29-1151 Nurse anesthetists 34,180 $71.23 160 $75.80

29-1171 Nurse practitioners 105,780 $43.25 1,670 39.6929-2035 Magnetic resonance imaging

technologists

29,560 $31.42 140 $27.63

29-2092 Hearing aid specialists 4,980 $19.92 50 $13.21

31-1015 Orderlies 53,920 $11.53 450 $10.28

31-9097 Phlebotomists 100,380 $14.29 930 $12.58

33-9093 Transportation security

screeners

47,200 $17.71 520 $16.89

39-4031 Morticians, undertakers, and

uneral directors

23,070 $22.52 130 $22.26

Source:USBureauofLaborStatistics


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Source: U.S. Bureau o Labor StatisticsSum o ten largest U.S. occupations is 19.2 percent and or Utah 21.0 percent.

Figure 2: Ten Largest U.S. Occupations as a Percent of TotalEmployment with a Utah Comparison

May 2012

Classifcation RevisionsPeriodically, the classication system (StandardOccupation Classication or SOC) is revised to betterrefect changes in structure and the emergence o newoccupations. The SOC system was re-evaluated andupdated in 2010, with the rst release under the revisedsystem containing May 2012 estimates.

The May 2012 job counts and wage estimates includeinormation or 24 newly dened or substantiallyrevised detailed occupations. Figure 1 lists 14 o the newoccupations with publishable Utah employment countsand median hourly wages as well as national data orcomparison.

O these 14 new occupations, our are related toinormation technology and seven to health care.Inormation technology and health care are amongthe astest growing and most dynamic areas o theeconomy. Adjustments to their occupational mix anddenitions are necessary to refect the changing structure

o the economy. Nationally, the 14 occupations inFigure 1 comprise 0.7 percent o the 130 million totalestimated jobss and 0.8 percent o Utahs estimated1.2 million jobs.

Largest OccupationsAmong the 800 occupations dened, just 10 account orabout one in ve workers in the U.S. and in Utah (Figure

2). The top our occupations are predominately ound inretail trade and ood services. The th and sixth mostcommon occupations, general oce clerks and customerservice representatives, are ound in oces throughout allindustry sectors. The seventh occupation in the top ten isthe most common health care occupation: registered nurse.

Wage and employment counts by occupation canbe examined in many ways, and the inormation isavailable online to assist anyone in their particular labormarket needs. Visit bls.gov/oes/home.htm or Bureau oLabor Statistics occupational employment statistics andjobs.utah.gov or Utah labor market inormation.

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10/2810 Summer 2013

economic insight |by tyson smith, economist

Utah employers who are looking to hireadditional sta oten turn to the jobsboard on the Department o Workorce

Services (DWS) website. When a rm placesa job order, they are asked to provide specicinormation about the positions they hopeto ll, such as the location o the worksite,the occupational title o the open positionand the number o positions available. For

analysts, the DWS employment databaseprovides an abundance o labor marketdata that can be used to examine the localeconomy and highlight dierences in ruraland urban employment.

The number o job orders posted tells avaluable story about economic growth and

Figure 1: Distribution of Utah Job Ordersby SOC Major Groups*

The Wasatch Front** vs. All Other AreasFirst Quarter 2013

Job Orders Say?

What Do

White CollarJob Orders

*SOC Major Groups represent the 23 Standard Occupational Classifcation Groups that describe the

job title and unction or a given occupation

**Wasatch Front is represented by Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah Counties as well as Brigham City

72.8% As a percent of total job orders

56% As a percent of total job orders

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Life, Physical & Social ScienceArchitecture & Engineering

Business & Financial Operations

Health Care Practitioners & TechnicalManagement

Computer & MathematicalSales & Related

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employer demand or labor. In 2009, at the bottom othe recession, there were an average o approximately1,400 job orders posted on the DWS job board eachmonth. In the our years ater 2009, job orders increasedby over 10 percent per year to nearly 2,000 orders permonth in 2012. Job posting momentum continued inthe rst three months o this year: rom the rst quartero 2012 to the rst quarter o 2013 job orders grew 15.8percent. Although the demand or labor has increased

statewide, growth has been uneven rom county tocounty.

The types o jobs in demand dier greatly dependingon the dynamics o the local economy. Urbanizationcontributes highly to the types o occupationsemployers are seeking. The Wasatch Front is the mostheavily populated area in the state, and a much larger

proportion o employers across this urbanized region arelooking or employees in white-collar occupations, likecomputers and mathematics or business and nancialoperations. Conversely, the counties and cities notlocated in the Wasatch Front have a larger proportion ojob orders in service and blue-collar occupations, likeood preparation and serving or production (Figure 1).

Job order data reveal valuable insights about the economy.

Job order postings on the DWS website have seen positiveimprovements since 2009 and the variety o job ordersrom the Wasatch Front highlights the dierences betweenurban and rural stang patterns.

WasatchFront

All OtherAreas

What is the story of economic growth andemployer demand for labor along the Wasatch

Front vs. other areas of Utah?

Source:DepartmentofWorkforceServices

Other Job Orders

27.2% As a percent of total job orders

44% As a percent of total job orders

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Building Cleaning & MaintenanceConstruction & Extraction

Installation, Maintenance & RepairProduction

Transportation & Material MovingFood Preparation & Serving Related


12/2812 Summer 2013

the outlook |by jim robson, economist

This pastspring, theDepartment

o Workorce Services(DWS) produced 10-year projections o industryemployment up to year 2020 or eight separate regionsencompassing all 29 counties within the state. Localeconomic structure, conditions and industry trendswere used in conjunction with statewide and nationaltrends to produce a long-term outlook or expectedregional job growth by industry. These 2020 job countsare by-in-large compatible with a previously producedstatewide analysis.

Wasatch Front MetrosThis article presents the projection results or the threemetropolitan areas that comprise the Wasatch Front. Aederally dened metropolitan statistical area (MSA) isan aggregation o counties around core metropolitancities. The Wasatch Front has three MSAs: the Ogden-Cleareld MSA made up o Davis, Morgan and Webercounties; the Provo-Orem MSA made up o Utah andJuab counties; and the Salt Lake City MSA made up o

Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties.Businesses within these three contiguousmetro areas have 82.9 percent o all nonarm

payroll jobs and pay out 85.9 percent o totalwages in the state. In addition, 79.7 percent o

Utahns reside in these three metro areas.

Ogden-Clearfeld MSAFigure 1 displays the top ve major industry groupsthat are expected to add the most jobs by 2020 in theOgden-Cleareld area. Health care and social services,both public and private, will provide the most newjobs. Health care will not only lead in job growth across

Utahs metropolitan areas, but is generally the leader inall regions across the state.

Construction, second on the list, is increasing romthe depressed levels caused by the recent recession.Construction will grow at a relatively rapid annualrate o 3.5 percent and add 4,740 jobs rom 2010 to2020, yet will still be below the construction peakemployment level achieved in 2007.

The Ogden-Cleareld area is projected to add 42,570jobs by 2020, an annual average growth o 2.0 percent

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per year rom the 2010 basepayroll employment o 191,090.

Provo-Orem MSAAter health care, the Provo-Orem metropolitan area willsee the most new jobs in retail

trade, education, constructionand manuacturing. Justas in the Ogden-Cleareldarea, construction will growsignicantly, making up orrecessionary job losses andkeeping up with expectedsignicant population growth.Education continues to be a orceor job growth with three mainacets public K12 education,Utah Valley University andBrigham Young University. These

major education players in UtahCounty ollow population, labororce and business growth andprovide vitality. Overall, theProvo-Orem employment base willincrease by 55,600 jobs by 2020,growing about 2.9 percent per year.

Salt Lake City MSAThe Salt Lake metropolitanarea displays much o the samedescription in its top ve job-producing industries. Heath care,education and construction are all

important as major producers onew job opportunities. Note thatmanuacturing in all three metroareas will have signicant numberso new jobs. Manuacturingemployment is generally betterthan average quality withhigher than average wages.Manuacturing activities otenbring wealth to an area as mucho its products are exported out othe region. The Salt Lake area isexpected to increase each year on

average rom 2010 by 2.1 percent.This should provide an additional138,720 jobs to the 2010 baseemployment o 607,495 jobs.

The look orward into regionalindustry job growth along theWasatch Front gives context tothe likely long-term economic andlabor market environment acedby businesses and workers.

Figure 1:

Top Five Industries for Projected Job Growth

by Metropolitan Area along the Wasatch Front: 2010 to 2020

Change in Jobs rom 2010 to 2020

AverageAnnualGrowth Rateor Ten Years

Ogden-Clearfeld MSA

Health Care* 8,230 3.3%

Construction 4,740 3.5%

Retail Trade 4,520 1.7%

Manuacturing 4,135 1.9%

Education** 3,695 1.9%

Provo-Orem MSA

Health Care* 8,645 3.5%

Retail Trade 7,015 2.8%

Education** 6,515 2.3%



Salt Lake City MSA

Health Care 19,845 2.6%

Admin. Support *** 13,510 2.8%

Education** 12,955 3.0%



Source: Utah Department o Workorce Services

*The health care industry includes social services andboth private and government providers.

**Education includes public and private institutionsand businesses.

***Administrative support and waste managementindustry.


14/2814 Summer 2013

fyi | by nate talley, economist

Apples&Oranges

In todays media, it is not uncommon to hearassertions about government employment in theUnited States. The truth is, however, public sector

employment is perhaps best evaluated in a greatereconomic context (i.e., with reerence to the privatesector) and those comparisons can be dicult to make.Despite such diculty, data made available by the U.S.Bureau o Labor Statistics Occupational EmploymentStatistics (OES) program assists the comparison ooccupational wages and employment between thepublic and private sectors. The OES randomly samplesemployers in both public and private sectors andasks them or inormation about their workorce jobassignments and wages. Employers reported job titles arethen coded into the Standard Occupational Classication(SOC) structure to aggregate common job duties andstandardize response data. This inormation yields

annual estimates o employment and wages or over 800occupations nationally.

The Comparison o OES public and private sectoremployment by major occupational group reveals someimmediate dierences in the general occupational make-up o the two areas o economic ownership. The threelargest occupational groups by employment in the publicsector are education, training and library occupations;oce and administrative support occupations; andprotective service occupations, with employmentshares o 29.9 percent, 15.3 percent and 9.4 percent,respectively. The large portion o employment in oce

and administrative support occupations actually existsin the private sector as well, but that is the extent othe similarities between the two groups. In the privatesector, jobs in education and protective services sum to anemployment share o only 2.9 percent. In terms o averagewages, education occupations in the private and publicsector seem to are about the same, at $23.41 an hour ascompared to $25.00 an hour, respectively. In protectiveservices, workers earn an average o $24.92 an hour, whileprivate sector protective services workers average only$13.56 an hour.

Despite corecontrasts betweenprivate sector and

governmentemployment,the occupationalmix at the detailedlevel heavilyinfuence wageand employmentestimates. For instance,public sector protectiveservice occupations areprimarily represented by police ocers, whereas privatesector protective service occupations generally consisto security guards. And since police ocers earn moreon average than security guards in both the public and

private sectors, it is a natural consequence that theaverage wages o protective service workers are higher inthe public sector.

Examining public and private sector occupational dataat a detailed level can provide more granular insight intopotential wage and employment disparities. In reviewingselect detailed occupations that are well represented inboth the public and private labor markets, it becomesapparent that in some cases the public sector average wageexceeds the private sector, in some cases the oppositeis true and in other cases the average wages are nearlyidentical. Unortunately, even at this most detailed

denition, many actors that signicantly contribute topublic and private occupational compensation dierencesare unaccounted or in OES. Wage determinants, suchas level o work perormed, educational attainment andtenure in a position, are not explicitly captured by the OESprogram and can complicate comparisons o OES databy sector. Nevertheless, OES data conclusively illustratethe dissimilarity between public and private sectoroccupational employment compositions. Wage dierencesare also substantiated by OES, but all o the potentialcauses are not controlled.

A Comparison of Public and Private SectorOccupational Employment and Wages


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Occupational Group

Private Public

Public as a Percent

o Private

Employment

Emp.

Share

Avg.

Wage

Employ-

ment

Emp.

Share

Avg.

Wage

Employ-

ment

Avg.

Wage

Management Occupations 5,380,790 4.9% $53.66 1,009,630 4.7% $44.42 18.8% 82.8%

Business & Financial Operations Occupations 5,259,450 4.8% $33.74 1,159,920 5.4% $32.06 22.1% 95.0%

Computer & Mathematical Occupations 3,171,230 2.9% $39.23 406,990 1.9% $33.23 12.8% 84.7%

Architecture & Engineering Occupations 2,045,490 1.9% $38.02 311,040 1.5% $37.72 15.2% 99.2%

Lie, Physical & Social Science Occupations 657,980 0.6% $34.30 446,120 2.1% $30.76 67.8% 89.7%

Community & Social Service Occupations 1,160,590 1.1% $19.03 721,480 3.4% $24.87 62.2% 130.7%

Legal Occupations 762,340 0.7% $49.59 260,680 1.2% $40.96 34.2% 82.6%

Education, Training & Library Occupations 1,983,340 1.8% $23.41 6,391,570 29.9% $25.00 322.3% 106.8%

Ar ts, Design, Enter tainment, Spor ts & Media Occupations 1,556,700 1.4% $26.59 193,430 0.9% $23.03 12.4% 86.6%

Health Care Practitioners & Technical Occupations 6,482,800 6.0% $35.88 1,167,140 5.5% $32.43 18.0% 90.4%

Health Care Support Occupations 3,616,680 3.3% $13.26 298,790 1.4% $14.55 8.3% 109.7%

Protective Service Occupations 1,192,780 1.1% $13.56 2,015,010 9.4% $24.92 168.9% 183.8%

Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations 11,006,660 10.1% $10.21 540,220 2.5% $11.77 4.9% 115.3%

Building/Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations 3,523,810 3.2% $11.88 722,450 3.4% $14.59 20.5% 122.8%

Personal Care & Service Occupations 3,328,940 3.1% $11.66 481,810 2.3% $12.75 14.5% 109.3%

Sales & Related Occupations 13,748,510 12.6% $18.28 86,580 0.4% $16.17 0.6% 88.5%

Ofce & Administrative Support Occupations 18,079,150 16.6% $16.13 3,276,200 15.3% $18.82 18.1% 116.7%

Farming, Fishing & Forestry Occupations 401,020 0.4% $11.22 26,650 0.1% $18.11 6.6% 161.4%

Construction & Extraction Occupations 4,499,670 4.1% $21.64 478,620 2.2% $21.37 10.6% 98.8%Installation, Maintenance & Repair Occupations 4,534,860 4.2% $20.90 534,730 2.5% $22.73 11.8% 108.8%

Production Occupations 8,412,810 7.7% $16.43 181,360 0.8% $23.69 2.2% 144.2%

Transportation & Material Moving Occupations 8,118,650 7.5% $15.91 653,040 3.1% $19.12 8.0% 120.2%

Detailed Occupation

Private Public

Public as a Percent o

Private

Employment Avg. Wage Employment Avg. Wage Avg. Wage

General & Operations Managers 1,762,660 $55.74 136,800 $48.52 87.0%Accountants & Auditors 997,990 $34.59 131,350 $30.83 89.1%

Civil Engineers 182,630 $41.13 75,480 $38.83 94.4%

Lawyers 457,340 $66.80 124,580 $48.69 72.9%

Registered Nurses 2,168,910 $32.72 465,070 $32.35 98.9%

Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 1,594,690 $11.29 502,690 $14.03 124.3%

Cashiers 3,267,150 $9.74 46,860 $13.39 137.5%

Ofce Clerks, General 2,286,250 $13.92 521,850 $14.76 106.0%

First-Line Supervisors o Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 359,340 $30.03 62,310 $30.28 100.8%

Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant & System Operators 21,590 $21.20 86,840 $21.52 101.5%

Private and Public Sector Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group, National

Private and Public Sector Employment and Wages by Selected Detailed Occupations, National


16/2816Summer 2013

what's happening | by lecia parks langston, economist

An employer asks,What wagesshould I pay to

attract and keep highquality workers? Ajob seeker inquires,What wage should Irequest in my upcom-ing job negotiation? Astudent wonders, I Ichoose a certain career,

how much can Iexpect to

earn?

The Utah Department o Workorce Ser-vices can help answer all these questionswith our recently released occupationalwage data.

This wage data is collected via theOccupational Employment Statisticsprogram, a nationwide employer surveyconducted by individual states underthe auspices o the U.S. Bureau o LaborStatistics. You wont nd a larger or morecomplete wage survey anywhere. And,all this lovely inormation is available orUtah and eight substate areas at the clicko a mouse (jobs.utah.gov/jsp/almiswage/wage-home). Compiled median, averageand inexperienced (average o the bottomthird) wages aid workers, employers and

career seekers in making market-drivenwage decisions.

Statewide, wages are publishedor more than 660 occupations.Keep in mind, the Departmento Workorce Services does notpublish wages or occupationswhere condentiality would be

compromised or where surveysample size or response does not

provide statistically viable data.

Figure 1: Median Hourly Wage forAll Occupations Figure 2: 2012 Annual Median Wage of HighesPaid Utah Occupations

Waging a Living: What do Utah's Occupations Pay

$13.00

$13.40

$13.60

$14.60

$14.60

$15.00

$15.60

$16.70

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$186,9

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$157,670

$153,180

$133,080

$131,140

$123,870

$117,760

$111,220

$107,430

Family & General Practitioners

Pediatricians

Nurse Anesthetists

Internists, General

Chief Executives

Postsecondary Law Teachers

Podiatrists

Pharmacists

Architectural & Engineering Managers

Computer & Info. Systems Managers


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Smaller substate areas generate a smaller number opublishable wages.

LocationNot all o Utahs substate areas pay equal wages.

Dierences in occupational mix, labor market supplyand demand, and the relative state o an areas economyall aect wages. Typically, the median wage providesa better measure o central tendency than does theaverage. Although the Salt Lake City MetropolitanStatistical Area shows the highest median wage, twonoticeably less-urban substate areas rank number two(Box Elder and Rich) and number three (balance ocounties) or median hourly wages. Box Elder, withits high percentage o higher-than-average payingmanuacturing positions, and the Uintah Basin, withbooming oil and gas wages, precipitated high rankingsor these two areas. On the other end o the scale, the

Logan MSA and southwest counties showed the lowestmedian wages.

WagesNot surprisingly, the highest-paid occupations in Utahgenerally all into two categories: high-skilled medicaljobs and high-skilled managerial positions. Rememberthat some highly paid occupations ailed to make thelist because their wages did not meet publication orcondentiality standards (such as surgeons). Serviceoccupations requiring ew skills dominate the list oUtah occupations with the lowest median wages.

In Utah, occupations that encompass the largest numbero workers supply vastly dierent wages. For example,ast ood workers receive one o the lowest medianwages o all occupations ($8.60 per hour). On the otherhand, another large occupation, general and operationsmanagers, pays almost ve times as much as a ast oodworker. In these employment-heavy groups, registerednurses and heavy tractor-trailer truck drivers also receivehigher than average wages.

More than 660 occupations reside in our database in ad-dition to those mentioned here. Now that your appetiteor wage data has been whetted, arent you just dying toknow the market wage or your occupation or your em-ployees occupations? Visit our website (jobs.utah.gov/jsp/almiswage/wage-home) or the latestanswers to your wage questions.

Figure 3: Hourly Median Wage of Lowest PaidUtah Occupations Figure 4: Utah Hourly Median Wage of the MostCommon Occupations


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$8.80

$8.80

$8.70

$8.70

$8.70

$8.70

$8.70

$8.70

$8.60

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Locker Room/Coatroom/DressingRoom Attendants

Baggage Porters and Bellhops

Fast Food Cooks

Ushers/Lobby Attendants/Ticket Takers

Counter Attendants, Food Service

Amusement & Rec. Attendants

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, etc.

Hosts /Hostesses

Fast Food Workers

Dishwashers

$10.40

$13.40

$8.60

$11.50

$9.10

$15.00

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Retail Salespersons

Customer Svc. Reps.

Fast Food Workers

General Office Clerks

Cashiers

Secretaries

General & Operations Mgrs.

Heavy Tractor-TrailerTruck Drivers

Janitors &Cleaners

Registered Nurses


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the outskirts | by eric martinson, economist

Every two years,economists romthe Department

o Workorce Servicesproduce long-term(10-year) employ-ment projections ordierent regions inUtah. 2013 marks the

year when the latestlong-term, substate re-gional projections areproduced, starting romthe base-year o 2010.

The value in providingthese employment pro-jections is to identiy

which types o jobs aremost likely to be in high demand in the uture. Projec-tions give our uture workorce (typically youth still pre-paring themselves in school) a sense o which industriesare estimated to have abundant prospective employmentopportunities. Projections assist employment counselorsin communicating where abundant employment oppor-tunities are expected to be. Projections can also directthe education community in shaping policies aimed atpreparing the uture workorce with those skills neces-sary and valued in order to meet the uture employmentdemands. Ultimately, the long-term employment projec-tions act as a orecasting measure by which individuals as

well as organizations and agencies can plan ahead.

The substate regions are divided into the ollowing eightgeographical areas: Bear River, Central Utah, Eastern Utah,Ogden-Cleareld, Provo-Orem, Salt Lake City, SouthwestUtah and St. George. Figure 1 illustrates which countiesbelong to which substate regions. What is the outlook orthose substate regions outside o the Wasatch Front?

In any given region, industries that typically supportthe local population will tend to grow the most in

terms o absolute jobs. Usually, these are industrieslike education, health care, construction or trade. Inaddition, niche industries in a region that also employrelatively large shares o the workorce will tend to seesignicant numbers o new jobs projected to be addedto the economy. Identiying population-supporting andniche industries in an area gives a urther sense o localemployment character as well as any industries thatappear to be growing aster than average.

Bear RiverIndustries important to Bear River, which includemanuacturing, educational services, retail and healthcare and social assistance, are projected to continueoering the most abundant employment opportunities.Health care and social assistance is projected to net over2,000 more jobs over the 10-year projection period.

Educational services will net slightly ewer than 1,900and manuacturing will net almost 1,000. Constructionand retail, industries typically tied to supporting thepopulation, will also net well over 1,000 jobs each.

Central UtahHealth care and social assistance will net 775 morejobs between 2010 and 2020. In act, social assistanceis projected to grow annually at a rate o 5.7 percent.As is typically the case in rural areas, governmentwill also continue to oer relatively more abundantemployment opportunities, with a 587 net gain in jobsover the projected period. Other relatively meaningul

employment opportunities in Central Utah will likelyinclude transportation and warehousing, leisure andhospitality, and retail trade.

SouthwestOnce again, health care and social assistance is likelyto net the highest job gains in the 10-year interim atjust over 1,000, with social assistance growing annuallyby 4.5 percent. Leisure and hospitality will net slightlyewer than 1,000 more jobs. Other population-drivenindustries, retail trade and government, will each add

EmploymentProjections

Long-Term

for Utahs Non-Wasatch Front Regions



Figure 1: Sub-State Regions

Sub-State Regions Counties Comprising the Sub-State Region

Bear River Box Elder, Cache and Rich Counties

Central Utah Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne Counties

Eastern Utah Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Uintah and Wasatch Counties

Ogden-Clearfeld Davis, Morgan and Weber Counties

Provo-Orem Juab and Utah Counties

Salt Lake City Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele Counties

Southwest Beaver, Garfeld, Iron and Kane Counties

St. George Washington County

Figure 2: Long-Term Employment Projections for Non-Wasatch Front Regions, 2010-2020Actual Job Growth and Compound Annual Growth Rates


Industry

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Mining 2 0.4% 178 2.3% 27 1.9% 88 5.2% 2496 3.4%

Utilities 2 0.2% -5 -0.1% 7 0.4% 54 4.1% 15 0.2%

Construction 1461 3.6% -23 -0.3% 255 2.4% 3157 6.8% 1383 3.3%

Manuacturing 982 0.6% 259 2.0% 346 2.0% 744 2.9% 275 2.4%

Wholesale Trade 345 2.4% 119 2.4% 92 2.4% 442 3.7% 415 2.6%

Retail Trade 1275 1.7% 488 1.6% 552 1.8% 2741 3.3% 1380 2.2%

Transportation/Warehousing 699 2.5% 506 3.4% 119 1.9% 1014 3.2% 593 2.2%

Inormation 201 2.5% -20 -0.7% -21 -0.8% 107 1.4% 14 0.2%

Finance/Insurance 207 1.4% 42 1.1% 137 1.8% 296 2.3% 139 1.5%

Real Estate/Rental/Leasing 97 1.9% 24 1.8% 71 2.8% 227 2.9% 248 2.9%

Pro./Technical Services 908 2.7% 93 2.7% -59 -1.5% 628 3.4% 491 3.3%

Mgmt. of Companies/Enterprises 0 0.0% 53 24.0% 6 1.9% 50 8.9% 40 2.8%Admin./Waste Services 616 2.1% 250 4.3% 190 2.2% 770 3.4% 332 2.3%

Educational Services 1884 2.2% 209 0.8% 484 1.5% 1103 2.5% 550 1.2%

Health Care/Social Assistance 2113 2.8% 775 2.9% 1016 3.4% 2943 3.3% 1224 2.3%

Arts/Ent./Recreation 203 2.5% 30 2.9% 72 1.8% 234 2.6% 110 2.0%

Accomm./Food Services 861 1.7% 414 2.1% 909 2.3% 2160 3.2% 1376 2.3%

Other Services (except gov.) 238 1.4% 83 1.6% 112 1.2% 211 1.4% 359 2.2%

Government 637 1.4% 587 2.0% 505 1.9% 727 2.3% 1210 1.8%


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over 500 more jobs over the projection period. The astest growing industry is projected tobe within miscellaneous manuacturing, while urniture and related product manuacturingis projected to shed 68 jobs (22 percent annually).

St. GeorgeAlthough the construction industry has seen its employment woes since the greatrecession, this industry is, nevertheless, projected to provide the most abundantemployment opportunities in St. George with a net o over 3,100 more jobs over the ten-year period. Construction o buildings is projected to grow at an annual rate o 10 percent,the highest rate o growth or any sub-industry in the region. Among the population-supporting industries o the region, health care and social assistance will net over 2,900jobs by 2020, government about 730, retail trade over 2,700, accommodation and oodservices over 2,100 and educational services about 1,100. Transportation and warehousing,manuacturing and proessional and technical services are estimated to net between 600and 1,000 jobs each.

Eastern UtahMining, especially oil and gas extraction is the industry that seems to drive everythingin Eastern Utah. At a net o 2,500 additional jobs by 2020, mining is by ar the industryprojected to provide the most abundant employment opportunities

or the region. This projected gure is about twice that o thenext highest ranking industries in terms o uture employmentopportunities: construction, retail trade, and accommodationand ood services will net about 1,380 jobs each over theprojection interim. Health care and social assistance as wellas government, industries that support the population, willnet just over 1,200 additional jobs each. Transportation andwarehousing is slated to add about 600 additional jobs.

PatternsAs would be expected, any given region will see predictableand relatively sizable employment opportunities inpopulation-supporting industries. Health care and

social assistance is a primary industry o growth inall regions because o its unction o supporting agrowing population over time. Furthermore, thegrowing number o aging baby-boomers needinghealth care services heightens uture demand.Other population-supporting industries, likegovernment and retail trade, will also continueto provide relatively ample employment oppor-tunities. Finally, niche industries like manu-acturing in Bear River or mining (oil and gas)in Eastern Utah will also continue to providemore abundant employment opportunities inthe uture.

the outskirts continued | by eric martinson, economist

Aging baby-boomers are creating a future demand for health care

serviceshence health care will continue its growth pattern.



DWS news | by jon pierpont, executive directo

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our pages with job seekers, employers and othersin mind, and now we deliver only the most timelyand relevant content in a resh, clean design. Wehave listened to and careully studied your needs: we

minimized links and emphasized the inormation andservices you need the most.

Youll nd our new design utilizes an expandednavigation bar guiding you intuitively to many o ourservices organized by customer or division. Each itemin the navigation bar represents a unique set o servicesoered by the department.

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The duties o an operations research analystencompass tasks that span all aspects o anorganization, such as generating sales and revenue

and working with production schedules and deadlines.These analysts are also involved in managing thesupply chain, where they identiy issues as they relateto production and logistics. They employ the use osophisticated computer sotware, such as databasesand statistical modeling packages, to solve complexproblems. Opportunities to solve problems in a myriado ways require operations research analysts to possessan element o ingenuity in how they approach theirwork. At the core o problem-solving, an analyst needsto consider the cost to benet ratio while exploringalternative solutions when presenting recommendationsto managers. Problem-solving skills aid analysts inexamining inormation to determine the best way toanalyze it. They employ a multidisciplinary approachin nding solutions to complex problems. This cross-

platorm approach allows most analysts to work onteams, thus building interpersonal skills. Upon theadvice o these analysts, a manager is able to makesound decisions.

Typically, operational research analysts spend mosto their work hours in the oce. Sometimes theywork in the eld where they gather data and analyzeinormation through direct observation. Otenthey work ull time with some required travel. Themultiaceted nature o an operational research analystsanalysis transcends the boundaries o large corporations.As such, many o these analysts are highly recruited by

agencies within the ederal government, such as the

occupations | by antonette p. gray, research consultant



Department o Deense. This job is quite intricate anddemanding in nature. For that reason, most employers

preer applicants to have at least a masters degree,although a bachelors degree is commonly acceptedor entry-level positions. Quantitative analysis is theessence o this job. In order to be aptly prepared,students need extensive coursework in mathematics,specically statistics, calculus and linear algebra. Thecompletion o coursework in computer science isboth necessary and important because analysts relyheavily on advanced statistical and database sotwareto carry out their tasks. Some analysts who enter thisproession have pursued courses outside the boundarieso mathematics with coursework in engineering,economics and political science. This background

is useul as the nature o operations research ismultidisciplinary.

There are about 670 analysts employed in Utah makingan average hourly wage o $30.16. Annual growth

rate is projected at 2.8 percent through 2013 and 2.9percent through 2020. Establishments in the publicadministration and proessional, scientic and technicalservices industries house the bulk o operations researchanalyst employment in Utah.

Equipped with an ability to solve complex problemsusing analytical sotware, operations research analysts willcontinue to play a crucial part in the implementation opolicies within a variety o organizations. As technologyadvances, organizations are nding it easier to get data.As such, these analysts are expected to become morevisible in companies that need help turning their data

into valuable inormation, in order or managers to makebetter decisions in their businesses.

Percent total

Oprain Rarch AalytEmployment by Industry in Utah

IndustryPercent o Operation

Research AnalystEmployment in Utah

Public Administration 26.6%

Proessional, Scientic and TechnicalServices

23.4%

Finance and Insurance 17.2%

Manuacturing 12.5%

Management 7.8%

Wholesale Trade 6.3%

Inormation 4.7%

Education Services 1.6%

Oppruiis o lve prblmsin a myriad o ways require

operations research analysts topossess an element o ingenuity in

how they approach their work.

Employment 670

Mean Hourly Wage $30.16

Projected AnnualGrowth Rate through

20132.8%

Projected AnnualGrowth Rate through

20202.9%

Location Quotient 1.05

Source: Utah Department o Workorce Services and Bureau

o Labor Statistics (2012)

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Oprain Rarch Aalysin Utah


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nsider news |by natalie torosyan, economist

The Utah workorce iscomprised o diversedemographics, including

individuals with disabilities. Whilesome disabilities are acute enoughto impede vocational work, othersallow or participation in theworkorce. The Census BureausAmerican Community Survey (ACS)reports the number o Utahns (bothin and out o the labor orce) with

disabilities, which includes thosewho report diculty with hearing,vision, cognition, walking, sel-careor independent living. Among thepopulation o employed workersin the state, what is the prole oworkers with disabilities?

In 2011, the population o Utahwho were at least 16 years old andemployed included approximately1,261,000 workers, 61,000 o whomhad a disability. This means 4.8

percent o individuals employedin the workorce had a disability,while the proportion or the UnitedStates was 5.3 percent. The percento individuals 16 and older with adisability who were employed washigher in Utah than the nation: 27percent compared to 22 percent.

The ratio o median earnings oworkers with a disability to the

total employed population revealslower earnings or workers with adisability. In 2011, median earningsor workers with a disability were 81percent o the median earnings o allworkers. The median earnings o thetotal civilian population were about$26,000, as compared to medianearnings o workers with a disabilityo just over $21,000. Over 40 percento the working age population

with a disability earned less than$15,000 in the 12 months prior toresponding to the ACS. The share oworkers without a disability earningthe same level in 2011 was just over33 percent. While relatively lowearnings can indicate a prevalenceo low-wage positions or workerswith disabilities, they can also be theresult o relatively higher levels otemporary or part-time positions.

During 2011, the highest

percentage o employed workerswith a disability were ound inmanagement, business, scienceand arts occupations (32 percent)and the smallest percentage innatural resources, construction andmaintenance (9 percent). Figure 1shows the share o workers, withand without a disability, employedby industry or the state and thenation. Interestingly, compared to

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Share of Workers by Industry of Employment, 2011

their counterparts in the samegeographic regions, workers withdisabilities tend to represent alarger share o employment ingoods-producing industries. Thereverse is true or workers withouta disability in service-producingindustries. Despite this distributionby industry, employment guresby occupation show workers with

disabilities avoring positions thatdo not require intense manuallabor, as might be expected.

There are characteristic dierencesbetween the states population oworkers with disabilities and thosewithout, warranting recognitiono the group as both a distinctand integrated segment o thelabor orce.

Goods-producing sectors include agriculture,orestry, shing and hunting; mining, quarryingand oil and gas extraction; construction; andmanuacturing.

Service-producing sectors includeutilities;wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation andwarehousing; inormation; nance and insurance;

real estate and rental and leasing; proessional,scientic and technical services; management ocompanies and enterprises; administrative andsupport and waste management and remediationservices; educational services; health care and socialassistance; arts, entertainment and recreation;accommodation and ood services; and otherservices (except public administration).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2011

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ndustry highlight |by melauni jensen, labor market information analyst

I there was any doubt that the proessional, scienticand technical services industry has been booming inUtah, then a look at recent newspapers, magazines and

Internet headlines will chase away any uncertainty. Accel-erating technological change has increased the intensityo business competition and economic development, orc-ing continual adjustments in a changing environment.Since the summer o 2004, this industry has continued tohave a pronounced impact on Utahs economic growth,adding jobs even through the Great Recession.

A wide variety o services represent proessional,scientic and technical services, such as legal,accounting and bookkeeping; architectural andengineering; specialized design; computer systemsdesign; management and technical consulting; scienticresearch and development; advertising; and otherproessional and technical services. Many occupationswithin these types o services typically require a highlevel o training or education and commonly some sorto ormal certication. Jobs like computer hardwareengineers, computer support specialists, mechanicaland industrial engineers, paralegals and legal assistantsare among the most desired in this industry. The long-term outlook or occupational projections or Utahnd accountants and auditors, lawyers, managementanalysts and market research analysts as ve-star jobs inUtah, dened as occupations with high wages and highemployment opportunities.

The industrys two largest employers can be oundalong the Wasatch Front. Marketstar Corporation inWeber County represents management and technicalconsulting services, and Myriad Genetic Laboratories,Inc. in Salt Lake County represents scientic research

and development services. Both companies employover 500 workers. The next 16 largest companies in thisindustry employ 250 to 500 workers and are all situatedin Utah, Salt Lake, Davis or Cache counties. Thirty o thelargest employers represent computer systems design andrelated services, emphasizing the importance o UtahsSilicone Slopes. Utahs Silicon Slopes is a namethat reers to Utahs thriving technology industry. Theact that thirty o the largest employers in proessional,scientic and technical services are within computersystems design and related services emphasizes Utahs

overall presence in a larger technology landscapesuch as Adobe, 3M and Novell. Although the state oUtah has smaller metro areas than other states withhigh technology employment, jobs in this industryhave rapidly increased to bring Utah to mind in manynational outlets.

Computer systems design and scientic and technicaljobs have risen, and with the help o the Utah Scienceand Technology Research Initiative (USTAR), Utah hasbeen important in creating and sustaining jobs. Newcompanies are coming into the state such as SolarWinds,and startup companies are being created at StartupWeekend events.

In the end, national companies are recognizing thebenets o Utah, with its combination o well-educatedand skilled workers, lower wages nationally, a relativelylower cost o living, lower taxes and a high percentageo multi-lingual speakers. All o this allows Utahsproessional, scientic and technical services industry tosuccessully compete or employers, providing a wealtho opportunities to those seeking employment withinthis industry.

For more inormation on companies in Utah: jobs.utah.gov/jsp/frmfnd/welcome.do

Proessional and Technical Services Industry, Utah


YearAnnual

AverageEmployment

Number oEstablishments Annual Payroll Average

2012 72,337 11,743 $4,516,972,718 $1,129,264,703

2011 68,060 11,131 $4,192,251,406 $1,048,083,152

2010 65,226 10,757 $3,888,025,339 $972,025,833

2009 65,337 10,665 $3,863,217,241 $965,823,813

2008 68,159 10,565 $3,986,039,437 $996,530,042

2007 64,872 10,133 $3,644,849,972 $911,231,746

2006 60,916 9,942 $3,218,191,167 $804,566,008

2005 55,061 9,099 $2,790,479,359 $697,636,381

2004 51,209 8,280 $2,531,078,224 $632,784,929

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Beaver 4.6%Box Elder 5.5 %Cache 4.1 %Carbon 6.4 %Daggett 5.1 %

Davis 4.5 %Duchesne 3.7 %Emery 6.4 %Gareld 9.3 %

Grand 7.6 %

Iron 6.0 %Juab 5.5 %Kane 5.6 %Millard 4.2 %Morgan 4.2 %

Piute 4.9 %Rich 4.0 %Salt Lake 4.4 %San Juan 9.5 %Sanpete 6.3 %

Sevier 5.5 %Summit 4.1 %Tooele 5.2 %Uintah 3.7 %Utah 4.6 %

Wasatch 5.3 %Washington 5.6 %Wayne 11.6 %Weber 5.4 %

May 2013Seasonally Adjusted

Unemployment Rates

May 2013Unemployment Rates

Changes From LastYear

Utah Unemployment Rate 4.6% Down 1.2 points

U.S. Unemployment Rate 7.6% Down 0.6 points

Utah Nonarm Jobs (thousands) 1,282.7 Up 2.6%

U.S. Nonarm Jobs (thousands) 136,367.0 Up 1.6%

May 2013 Consumer PriceIndex RatesU.S. Consumer Price Index 232.9 Up 1.4%

U.S. Producer Price Index 197.0 Up 1.7%

Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services

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