Utah Business NewsNews and Information on Business in UtahUtah's Unemployment Situation - May 2004- June 16, 2004 The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for May registered 4.6 percent, a slight upward movement from Aprils revised rate of 4.4 percent. Approximately 55,000 Utahns were unemployed in May 2004. Last May, 67,100 Utahns were unemployed when the unemployment rate stood at 5.7 percent. Utah's other primary indicator of current labor market conditions, the year-over change in the number of nonfarm wage and salaried jobs, held steady at 1.5 percent, or 16,300 jobs over May of last year. Raylene...http://lin1.state.ut.us/mt-static/ub/archives/000401.html |