Bakers job market in Utah

Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 66.57% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, the available industry data for Bakers in Utah had +1.8% year-over-year employment change, compared with -0.5% nationally. Establishments changed +2.2%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +11.1%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

+1.8%Industry employmentU.S. -0.5%State data coverage: 66.57%
+2.2%EstablishmentsU.S. +1.2%State data coverage: 66.57%
+11.1%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +3.9%State data coverage: 100%
36,297Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 98.8%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Bakers in Utah

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Utah series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Bakers in Utah, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterUtahState data coverage
2024 Q2+0.5%100%
2024 Q3+0.4%100%
2024 Q4+0.8%100%
2025 Q1+0.1%100%
2025 Q2+0.6%100%
2025 Q3+0.3%100%
2025 Q4+0.5%100%
2026 Q1+1.8% Below coverage floor66.57%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Bakers in Utah
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Manufacturing34.5%+1.7%5,842$1,648
Trade, transportation, and utilities32.7%Not published20,914$1,264
Leisure and hospitality29.4%+1.9%9,541$576
Private education and health services0.8%+2.6%16,246$1,112
State and local0.2%+4.2%3,397$1,181
Professional and business services0.1%-0.1%38,681$1,912
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
Release date
Not verified
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The feed’s release date for this quarter cannot be verified as a publication date, so it is not presented as one. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Bakers. These figures describe the industries that employ Bakers; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Bakers report and about the data.