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Utah’s October job reports

Nov 18, 2022, 7:33 AM | Updated: 7:45 am

FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, a "Now Hiring" sign appears on a bus stop in front of a McDonald's restaurant in Miami. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, McDonald’s Corp. will let job seekers start an application by using voice commands on their smartphones with Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s Assistant. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

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BY AMIE SCHAEFFER

Digital Content Producer

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Workforce Services released the October jobs report on Friday morning. The unemployment rate for the state held steady at 2.1%. Utah added 56,000 jobs in the past 12 months making the current job count .1,690,000.

Nationally, the unemployment rate increased by two-tenths and sits at 3.7%.

The Department of Workforce Services Deputy Director, Nate McDonald joined KSL’S Utah Morning News to discuss the report.

McDonald noted that our Utah’s steady unemployment rate is a good sign.

“Our job growth, we slowed just a little bit, we slowed down to about 3.1% but the fact that we’re still above 3% job growth is still a very strong and positive sign that Utah’s economy is still moving forward.”

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