According to Commerce Real Estate Solutions, job losses have occurred in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. The four counties that have seen job growth are: Tooele County, Sanpete County, Grand County and Beaver County.  The counties with job growth are all relatively small counties, and consequently employment trends can be significantly altered by the addition or expansion of just a few firms. From May 2007 to May 2010 Sanpete led all counties with a 7% gain in employment.  Tooele leads in terms of numeric change with an increase of 510 jobs over the past three years.  The two worst performing counties are Juab and Wasatch Counties.  Both counties have had employment declines exceeding 20%.

Along the Wasatch Front, Weber County has suffered the largest relative decline in employment.   Nonfarm employment in Weber County has declined from 95,700 to 89,250 in three years, a drop of 6.8 percent.  Over the same period, Utah County is down 5.4%, Salt Lake County 4.8% and Davis County 4.2%.  Down south, Washington and Iron Counties, two high growth areas during the boom of 2004-2007, are now down double digits, 15.4% and 10.6% respectively.   Salt Lake County has suffered the largest numeric loss with a decline of 29,000 jobs in three years.  Utah County’s loss has nearly reached 10,000 jobs and Washington County has lost 8,400 jobs.