Show G Government v Salaries Constitute J Income in State Report Shows Payments to individuals by governmental units Federal state and local accounted for forthe forthe forthe the largest single source of personal personal per pet Income In Utah last year according to Utah Foundation the private nonprofit tax re research research re- re search organization The Foundations Foundation's research study study study stu stu- stu- stu dy states that government income disbursements in the form torm ot I wages salaries and benefits to totaled totaled totaled to- to or percent per percent percent cent of Utah's total personal persona Income in income income In- In come of in 1956 lose This proportion o of from gov Is more than A third greater hi n Utah than the average for the United States Stated Only four lr Other states Virginia New Mex ico leo Maryland and Washington derived a larger proportion of their personal Income from government gov gov- sources than did Utah last year i Other Important sources of personal personal per per- tonal laconic In Utah during the year 1950 1956 according to the study include wholesale and retail trade payrolls million per cent manufacturing payrolls payrolls payrolls pay pay- rolls million 12 per cent property Income million per cent business and professIonal professional pro pro- income million 51 per cent mining payrolls 81 million 61 01 per cent transportation transportation transportation trans trans- i payrolls 77 million 58 per cent contract construction construction construction con con- payrolls 74 million million mil mu- lion 56 per pet tent cent farm lann income net and wages 65 05 million 49 per cent und d service Industry industry In in- I payrolls 65 million 49 per cent t The study points out that Utah Is below the average with respect respect respect res res- res- res to per peT capita Income total personal Income divided by total population Utah's per capita Income during 1956 was 1633 compared with 1940 for the en entire I en-I I tire nation and 1753 in the eight Mountain States Utah ranked in the nation and sixth among the eight Mountain States in per capita Income for lor I 1956 1056 In Its Us analysis a Utah Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation notes that the role of government in the Utah economy has Increased at a rate durIng during during dur dur- ing the past 25 or 30 years Personal Personal Personal Per Per- Income from government sources which amounted to 21 million In 1929 climbed to million In 1956 multiplying al almost almost almost al- al most 15 times during the period Personal Income from government govern govern- ment mont which equaled 75 per cent of all personal income in Utah in 1929 amounted to per cent of total income in 1956 Other trends noted in the Foundation stud y yare are that manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- and construction are playing relatively more important roles in the Utah economy with agriculture apparently declining in Importance Despite the growing growIng growing grow grow- ing significance of industry in Utah however manufacturing still accounts for only about 13 per cent of the total personal Income in income income In- In come in Utah compared with for the nation as a whole |