Summit County Unemployment Rate Stays Steady in August

The Utah Department of Workforce has released unemployment numbers for August 2015. Our seasonally adjusted non-farm unemployment rate is holding steady at about 3.2% (same as August). We continue to have the second lowest unemployment rate in the state, with only Cache county having a lower rate at 3.0%.

Non seasonally adjusted data from jobs.utah.gov provides a similar view. Compared to August 2014, approximately 630 more people are working in non-farm jobs in Summit County in August 2015 (23,294 in 2014 vs 23,926 in 2015).