Utah drops a bit to No. 2 nationally for job creation

After months as No. 1 in the nation, Utah has dropped slightly to No. 2 for the percent of jobs it added over the previous 12 months.It added 52,400 jobs between September 2017 and September 2018, a 3.6 percent increase, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.The only state that did better was Florida, which had a 4.8 percent increase in the number of its jobs over that yearlong period. Texas was No. 3 at 3.3 percent.“The latest job market statistics indic