What Utah-MEP Achieves for Manufacturers

Want to know what Utah-MEP does for the manufacturing industry? Learn how Utah-MEP’s experts made a lasting economic impact during the previous year.

Manufacturing employs only 9% of Utah’s workforce, but they impact 24.4% of the state’s GDP*. As such, the success of Utah’s manufacturing industry is imperative to sustaining a thriving economy. That’s why Utah-MEP Alliance works hard to ensure manufacturers prosper.
* The Economic Impacts of Utah’s Manufacturing Industry, 2018; Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute

In 2024, Utah-MEP impacted the state’s economy in the following areas:

2,585

jobs created or retained

$195.3M

in additional employee wages

136

manufacturing clients served

$23M

additional state tax revenue