More than 40% of Utah women work in just two occupational groups, both of which pay less than the median state average. Over the past half-century or so, Utah women’s participation in the labor force has steadily increased at a rate of about 8% per decade.1 According to the most recent (2015) U.S. Census Bureau estimates, women in Utah make up 43.9% of the state workforce, which is slightly lower than the U.S. women’s share of the national workforce, 47.4%. In general, Utah women are about as likely to be employed as U.S. women, but Utah women are less likely to work full-time year round.
*This episode was originally released on February 15, 2019.