Only three other states had a faster rate of job creation last year than Utah, according to federal data released Friday.
It added 46,400 jobs between December 2017 and December 2018, for a growth rate of 3.1 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The average rate nationally during that time was 1.8 percent, so Utah’s rate was 72 percent above that.
The only states that had faster growth were Nevada at 3.9 percent, Arizona at 3.4 percent, and Texas at 3.2 percent.
“Our state ended the year on a positive economic note,” said Carrie Mayne, chief economist for the Utah Department of Workforce Services.