Job Market
Job growth in the region is more than double the national average. With average wages below the national average and labor force participation rate above the national average, the Northern Utah region is one of the strongest, hardest-working economies in the nation.
Employment
Employment for Combined Davis and Weber Counties. For over a decade, job growth in the Northern Utah region has been nearly double the national average.
Employment data are derived from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and imputed where necessary.
Employment Density
Every region has industry expertise—Northern Utah has many. With legacy industries such as aerospace and manufacturing, to innovative advanced composites and outdoor products industries, to an emerging financial services and tech presence, Northern Utah has the labor and supply chain you need.
Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding. – Employment data as of 2023Q4. Demand data reflect place-of-work employment; retirements reflect place-of-residence data. Employment and unemployment data represent a four-quarter moving average.
Wage Comparisons
Everyone needs labor and Northern Utah makes hiring employees easy. With wages below the national average and a well-educated workforce, this region brings motivated and educated employees to a diverse group of employers.
State Wage Comparison
Stacked up against some comparable states Northern Utah can shine on its own as a region for business growth. We’ve got an affordable workforce and opportunity.
Note: Figures may not sum due to rounding. – Employment data as of 2023Q4. Demand data reflect place-of-work employment; retirements reflect place-of-residence data. Employment and unemployment data represent a four-quarter moving average. 1. Wage data are as of 2023Q4 and represent the average for all Covered Employment.
Metropolitan Wage Comparison
Wage comparisons in some key industries in competitive markets. Northern Utah has the same talent and skill as larger markets, we’re just more affordable.
Employee Characteristics
Young, educated, and affordable. The rest is in the details.
Age
Northern Utah has more people in the left boxes and fewer in the right boxes. What does that mean? Our region is young. Which means a well-trained workforce for today, and a strong pipeline for tomorrow.
Educational Attainment
The middle bars and the biggest. It’s true, our PhD population is not quite as large as LA, but if need employees to work, we have the right mix of trade, professional, and a whole lot of grit.
Commuting Flows & Patterns
| COMMUTING FLOWS FOR WEBER-DAVIS AREA—2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Outflow | Internal Remote | Internal Commuting | Inflow | |
| Age | Age 16-38 | 34,101 | 8,980 | 116,063 | 11,103 |
| Age 39+ | 37,486 | 13,538 | 100,095 | 12,213 | |
| Industry | Goods | 14,744 | 3,333 | 43,423 | 7,860 |
| Services | 56,843 | 19,185 | 172,735 | 15,456 | |
| Wages | $0-$40,000 | 21,543 | 10,332 | 109,240 | 7,722 |
| $40,001+ | 50,044 | 12,186 | 106,918 | 15,594 | |
| TOTAL | 71,587 | 22,518 | 216,158 | 23,316 | |
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample data
| COMMUTING FLOWS FOR WEBER-DAVIS AREA—2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Outflow | Internal Remote | Internal Commuting | Inflow | |
| Age | Age 16-38 | 26,708 | 23,938 | 110,791 | 12,614 |
| Age 39+ | 34,772 | 38,726 | 93,164 | 15,412 | |
| Industry | Goods | 16,288 | 9,841 | 43,242 | 8,388 |
| Services | 45,192 | 52,823 | 160,713 | 19,638 | |
| Wages | $0-$40,000 | 21,141 | 25,281 | 112,429 | 12,137 |
| $40,001+ | 40,339 | 37,383 | 91,526 | 15,889 | |
| TOTAL | 61,480 | 62,664 | 203,955 | 28,026 | |
Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample data
Technical Note: The age and earnings groups shown in the tables above are based on the median age of workers in 2019 (38) and median worker earnings in 2019, expressed in 2022 dollars, rounded to the nearest ten thousand. (Exact median worker earnings in 2019, expressed in 2022 dollars, is $43,500.) Estimates shown in the tables above are based on a survey sample of Davis and Weber counties. The precision of these estimates is measured by their standard error. For the estimates shown in these tables, standard errors range from 2.5% to 15.8% of the estimates themselves. In general, this range indicates these estimates have reasonably high precision.
