GRAPHIC UTAH: FUTURE JOBS

The Salt Lake-Ogden area is expected to have one of the nation's fastest job-growth rates through 2015.

Metro areas with highest projected job growth, 1994-2015

U.S. RANK NEW JOBS

1. Atlanta 1,401,700

2. Wash., D.C. 1,314,500

3. L.A.-Long Beach 1,241,800

14. Denver 660,600

21. Portland, Ore. 468,900

24. SALT LAKE-OGDEN 454,800

26. Las Vegas 440,100

28. Philadelphia 417,100