No state in the country had a higher job-growth rate in March than Utah, whose 3.3 percent rise meant jobs for 48,000 more Beehive State residents.
Idaho came closest to matching Utah’s growth rate, increasing its year-over-year employment total by 3.1 percent, according to figures the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday shortly after the state Department of Workforce Services revealed the monthly numbers.
Its figures also showed Utah’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.1 percent, leaving about 48,500 Utahns actively searching for work. The national jobless rate in February, the last month available, was 4.