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Employment rate in Utah

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Oct 22, 2026
economy · Utah United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 74.6% −1.5 pp section.change_since
Regions of United States · 2024 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since +2.3 pp
vs United States +4.3 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Utah · United States
+2.3 pp section.change_since
Utah United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

section.compare Employment rate · percent
Utah
74.6%
United States
70.3%

section.source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Utah · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 74.6% · 2024
First value 77.1% · 2000
Highest 77.1% · 2000
Lowest 69.7% · 2010
Data points 25

By year

section.all_years · 2000 – 2024

YearUtahChange United States
2024 74.6% −1.5 pp 70.3%
2023 76.1% +1.5 pp 70.9%
2022 74.6% +1.0 pp 70.0%
2021 73.6% +0.4 pp 67.7%
2020 73.2% −0.8 pp 67.1%
2019 74.0% +1.5 pp 70.1%
2018 72.5% −1.9 pp 69.4%
2017 74.4% +1.2 pp 68.8%
2016 73.2% +0.8 pp 68.1%
2015 72.4% +0.1 pp 67.4%
2014 72.3% +1.5 pp 68.1%
2013 70.8% +0.2 pp 67.4%
2012 70.6% +0.4 pp 67.1%
2011 70.2% +0.5 pp 66.6%
2010 69.7% −1.2 pp 66.7%
2009 70.9% −3.8 pp 67.6%
2008 74.7% −2.2 pp 70.9%
2007 76.9% ±0.0 pp 71.8%
2006 76.9% +2.0 pp 72.0%
2005 74.9% +0.5 pp 71.5%
2004 74.4% ±0.0 pp 71.2%
2003 74.4% +0.5 pp 71.2%
2002 73.9% −2.1 pp 71.9%
2001 76.0% −1.1 pp 73.1%
2000 77.1% 74.2%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Iowa 80.2%
2 New Hampshire 79.6%
3 Minnesota 78.6%
4 Nebraska 78.5%
5 South Dakota 77.5%
6 North Dakota 76.6%
7 Massachusetts 75.6%
8 Wisconsin 75.6%
9 Colorado 75.3%
10 Vermont 75.3%
11 Maryland 75.3%
12 Connecticut 74.1%
13 Utah 74.0%
14 Maine 73.6%
15 Idaho 73.6%
16 Kansas 73.5%
17 District of Columbia 73.4%
18 Delaware 73.0%
19 Washington 72.7%
20 Wyoming 72.6%
21 Rhode Island 72.1%
22 Indiana 72.1%
23 Montana 72.0%
24 Virginia 71.7%
25 Missouri 71.7%
26 Illinois 71.5%
27 Ohio 71.4%
28 Pennsylvania 70.8%
29 New Jersey 70.8%
30 Arizona 70.6%
31 Michigan 70.6%
32 Nevada 70.5%
33 Oregon 69.8%
34 Florida 69.8%
35 Tennessee 69.6%
36 Texas 68.6%
37 North Carolina 68.2%
38 California 67.7%
39 South Carolina 67.3%
40 Georgia 67.2%
41 Alabama 67.0%
42 New York 66.8%
43 Hawaii 66.7%
44 Oklahoma 66.7%
45 Arkansas 65.7%
46 Kentucky 65.2%
47 New Mexico 64.9%
48 West Virginia 63.6%
49 Louisiana 63.5%
50 Alaska 63.0%
51 Mississippi 60.5%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2019

section.what

The share of working-age people who have a job.

section.how

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.