Labor Market

  • Utah is a right-to-work state, with only 5.4% of employees affiliated with unions.1
  • For the second year in a row, Ogden has been named one of the nation’s most technologically advanced cities with populations between 75,000 and 124,999 in an annual study by the Center for Digital Government.2 
  • Utah's unemployment rate for October 2007 was 2.9%, compared to the national rate of 4.7%.3
  • Utah's pool of young workers is projected to increase by 60% by the year 2020.
  • Utah is ranked 6th nationally in terms of overall health.4
 
  

Unemployment in the Ogden-Clearfield MSA

October 2007

2.9%

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
 
 
 
 
1Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

2Source: Standard Examiner

3Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
4Source: United Health Foundation


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