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Government jobs in Utah are growing quickly and paying more than the national average.
A new census report shows Utah's 599 state and local governments added nearly 7 percent more employees, and wages grew by 25 percent in the last five years. Those governments added 50 percent more workers than the national average.
These jobs include school teachers, police officers, road workers, transportation workers and library employees. One in every 13 Utah adults now is a government-paid employee.
The Deseret News reports education saw the biggest increases. Payroll for teachers increased 32 percent; for college professors payroll went up 63 percent. The total 2007 payroll for employees of Utah governments was $462 million.
The newspaper reports other types of government workers with the biggest increase in employees include financial administration, library workers and water supply workers, solid waste workers, hospital workers, and housing and community development workers.
Government workers who lost the most employees include mass transit workers, highway workers, social insurance administration workers, and natural resource workers.
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