Show 1 U. U S. S Employment High In County Government employment amounted to of the total number of persons on nonagricultural nonagricultural nonagricultural cultural payrolls in Davis County County Coun Coun- ty during June 1966 This fact was shown in the latest study of government employment nt in Utah prepared by Utah Foundation the private governmental re research research research re- re search organization THE REPORT shows that of the employees in Davis County a total of 19 were working for some agency of government This in included included in- in included federal employees employ employ- ees 86 state employees e and amI 2354 local employees Statewide there were persons on payrolls in Utah during June 1966 of whom or were employed by governmental units Preliminary Preliminary Preliminary Prelim Prelim- inary forecasts for November 1966 show that total nonagricultural nonagricultural nonagricultural cultural employment in Utah had risen to with government government government govern govern- ment employment accounting for or of the non- non farm total THE REPORT emphasizes i z e s that all of the figures for government government government gov employment used in inthIs inthis inthis this study include only persons employed directly by government government government govern govern- ment agencies and exclude persons persons persons per per- sons working for private firms engaged primarily or entirely in government contract work Such persons are listed as private manufacturing employees Foundation analysts point out that although the total number of persons employed in Utah has risen during the past year most of the increase can be attributed to the creation of more governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental Jobs I BETWEEN JUNE 1965 and June 1966 total nonagricultural al employment in Utah rose by A total of or 69 of these new jobs however however however how how- ever is attributable to employment employment employment employ employ- ment by governmental agencies Later forecasts for November 1966 indicate that total non- non farm employment in Utah was up by from the level of a year earlier Again government employment employment employ employ- ment accounted for or 66 of the new jobs created Inthe inthe in inthe the state between November I 1 1965 65 and November 1966 ACCORDING to the Foundation Foundation tion lon study government employment employ employ- ment has his been rising at abou abou- twice the rate of the increase foi fOl private employment in Utah The Increase in total Utah nonagricultural nonagricultural non non- agricultural employment has been 19 since 1960 and 35 since 19 6 The number of go government government gov gov- v- v jobs on the other hand jumped lumped 47 between 1960 and and- 1966 and 70 o from the number in 1956 In Davis County governmental tal employment rose from 14 in June 1960 to in inJune inJune inJune June 1966 a rise during the year six-year period |