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Show Utah Job Potential Increasing Utah's economy is creating jobs faster than the natural growth of the state's population can fill them. This is the belief of Edgar M. Denny, administrator of Utah Job Service. And, according to Mr. Denny, that means migration into the state is required to fill those jobs. Denny also said he suspects Utah's population in 10 years will reach the two million mark. Denny also projected the number of non-agricultural jobs in Utah in 1986 at 800,000 an increase of almost 335,000 from the mid-1976 total. All segments of the economy will experience growth, he predicted, however, jobs in government and defense which will constitute a much smaller portion of the job force. He said per capita income in Utah, currently only about 83 percent of the national average, could reach about 95 percent of the national average 10 years from now. Other projections given by the employment department head include: --Mining, from 13,800 to 28,300. -Construction, from 27,000 to 43,100. --Transportation, communication com-munication and public utilities, from 28,200 to 50,400. --Services, from 80,600 to 152,200. --Finance, insurance and real estate, from 21,200 to 39,100. Denny said all figures do not necessarily mean Utah should not discontinue its industrial promotion efforts, but that Utah's educational system must make plans and committments to provide training to alleviate unemployment. |