During each year of the five-year projection period, an average of 60,000 job openings will occur. The need to fill vacancies from workers moving from one occupation to another or leaving the labor force will account for the remaining 40 percent or 28,400. In the year 2003, about 22 percent of all jobs in Utah will require at least a bachelor's degree or more, based on a new method from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of assigning training levels to occupations. Summit, Wasatch and Utah Counties will exceed the state average. Utah's 1998 per capita income ranks 43rd among the states.
Summit County is known as an affluent county.
Its attractiveness and close proximity to Salt Lake County makes it a bedroom community for high-income earners who commute to Salt Lake County. In the year 2003, about 22 percent of all jobs in Utah will require at least a bachelor's degree or more, based on a new method from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of assigning training levels to occupations. Summit, Wasatch and Utah Counties will exceed the state average. Utah's 1998 per capita income ranks 43rd among the states. Summit County is known as an affluent county.