Utah jobless rate at 3.1 percent

SALT LAKE CITY — The Beehive State remained at its historically low unemployment rate in December as Utah's nonfarm payroll employment for the final month of 2017 grew by an estimated 2.7 percent, adding 38,800 jobs to the economy year over year.
The Utah Department of Workforce Services Friday reported December's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month to register at 3.1 percent. Nationally, the jobless rate held steady at 4.1