Salt Lake City Ranks Among Top Places For Job Seekers In US
Jul 13, 2021, 12:46 PM | Updated: 1:33 pm
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s unemployment rate has been reported around 2.7% — among the lowest in the country — which has, in turn, created a strong economic outlook and contributed to making Utah one of the fastest-growing states.
Two new surveys took a look at the benefits of starting a career in Utah.
Money Geek said it all when it ranked Salt Lake City as the only city in the West in the Top 15 for job seekers and the top spot overall. Every entry on the list — with the exception of Atlanta — happened to fall into the small to mid-sized metro area category with places like Birmingham, Alabama; Jacksonville, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and others taking top honors.
Utah can be unaffordable but strictly on the metric of job growth and job competition against the cost of housing — the Beehive State is still attractive to those looking for career opportunities.
What about those looking for that first job opportunity? For new graduates, The Zebra, an online insurance marketplace, said Salt Lake City definitely makes the Top 10. They too looked at cost of living, job growth and unemployment, but also arts and entertainment options and scoring on the “foodie” index, which would attract younger members of the workforce fresh out of school.
Some other cities on their list included Austin, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Orlando, Florida, to name a few.
Post-pandemic economic factors are still a work in progress — we’ll be talking about the child tax credits later this week. The full picture of where cities and states can hang their hats on economic successes has yet to be seen fully.
