Growth trends in Utah's life sciences industry

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Publication Type policy report
School or College David Eccles School of Business
Research Institute Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Creator Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Title Growth trends in Utah's life sciences industry
Date 2021
Description Utah's mature life sciences industry continues to experience strong growth relative to nationwide trends, even during recessions. Newly released data show that employment trends the Gardner Institute first identified through 2017 persisted into the pandemic.1 The number of life sciences jobs in Utah increased by 4.0% in 2020 (see Figure 1). This is the second highest single-year growth among states with large-scale life sciences activity. As for five-year trends, industry employment gains in Utah tempered slightly from 5.1% per year from 2012 to 2017 to 4.8% per year from 2015 to 2020.2
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
DOI 10.7278/S5d-kdv9-es5s
Language eng
Series Fact sheet
Rights Management (c) Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Format Medium application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s6vbsnqt
Setname ir_kcg
ID 2465020
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vbsnqt
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