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(KSL News) -- Utah's employment growth is outpacing the rest of the country, but growth is slowing as businesses have a hard time finding enough workers.
A state Department of Workforce Services report says about 50-thousand new jobs were created in Utah in the last year. That's an increase of 4.4 percent, more than the national rate of 1.3 percent.
Utah remains one of the top five states for employment growth.