Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for September 2025 increased an estimated 1.5% across the past 12 months, with the state’s economy adding a cumulative 26,700 jobs since September 2024. Utah’s current job count stands at 1,783,000.

September’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated at 3.4%. Approximately 63,500 Utahns are unemployed. Utah’s August unemployment rate is unrevised at 3.3%. The September national unemployment rate is up a tenth of a percentage point at 4.4%, according to a press release from the Utah Department of Workforce Services.

“The September labor market numbers were delayed due to the federal government shutdown,” said Ben Crabb, chief economist with the Utah Department of Workforce Services. “The state's labor market shows resilience, maintaining job cr

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