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LA PREMIER GLOBAL BUSINESS DESTINATION UTAH LIFE ELEVATED State for Business and Careers Forbes Magazine 8 YEARS RUNNING "Best Managed State in the Nation" The Pew Center "#1 Business Climate" Business Facilities "#1 in the Country for Business and Careers" The Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States WHY IS UTAH THE BEST STATE FOR BUSINESS? TAX REBATE incentives to Costs are 10% BELOW the national average companies who create jobs 4% Employment Growth (National: 1.5%) FASTEST BROADBAND in the Western U.S. A STABLE & PREDICTABLE business friendly climate UTAH HAS. 5.2% Unemployment Rate (National: 7.7%) 2nd FASTEST growing economy in the U.S. 10th LOWEST TAX burden in the country 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS of export growth A Corporate tax rate that has NOT RISEN in years TOP INDUSTRIES IN UTAH GDP in Billions of USD Retail or Wholesale Trade $17.6 Mining Manufacturing $2.8 Finance & Insurance $13.9 $7.8 Utah is the 6th most diverse economy $14.3 in the U.S. WORLD-CLASS COMPANIES LOCATED IN UTAH: Microsoft PeG Morgan Stanley ADELTA S TM ebY Black Diamond ups Adobe AMERICAN EXPRESS A BOEING Nestlē DiSNEy Goldman Sachs INTE'R ACTIVE WELLS FARGO HERSHEY'S EA ELECTRONIC ARTS" (& MANY MORE has the workforce to prove it UTAH LOVES SMALL BUSINESS Approximately 500,000 by 57,000 small businesses Utah enjoys a 90% High School graduation Utahns are employed rate 11th in the country for percentape of students passing AP exams > 86% 96% « Future workers acount for 3.13 persons per household (Ist in the nation) of all exporting of all importing companies are small companies are small businesses businesses STEM education is a priority with Lepislature & UTAH LOVES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is actively encouraged AlohoHOLA KON-NICHIWA Bonjour MIAEDITA HE aONAMASTE Parev Ljao Utah is the most linguistically diverse state with 130 LANGUAGES SPOKEN in business daily The EB-5 Visa Investor Program pro- vides opportunities to invest in Utah's commercial enterprise SLC International Airport hosts OVER 700 daily flights, and has an international free trade zone UTAH'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT 1st- CNN Money Reports that Utah will be the #1 state to live in by 2032 Their report was based on these categories and placements: Clean Water: 1st Dental Visits: 9th Job Creation: 5th Standard of living: 6th Lowest Obesity Rate: 5th Full-time employment: 21st Economic confidence: 10th Safe places to exercise: 4th Least amount of Smoking: 1st Optimism about their future: 30th Optimism about a place's future: 2nd Perceived learning opportunities: 2nd • Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 1st Additionally, the US Census Bureau projected that Utah's labor force will increase at twice the national average between 2003 and 2030 50th UTAH IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE UTAH HAS BEEN NAMED THE HAPPIEST STATE IN THE U.S. 80.1 29 2nd Average life expectancy for Utah's population. Tied for the Consecutive Lowest utility Average age, making Utah the youngest state in the years that Utah has rate in the country been the top state for country 6th longest volunteerism -6% No.8 71.4% 60.5% Cost of living is 6% below Utah's Percentage of family households. Ranked first in the nation Percentage of married ranking for per-capita couple families. Ranked first in the nation the national average ice cream consumption UTAH IS FUN 43 National National State Parks Recreation Areas Parks 50,000 360 National Monuments Members in the world-renowned Visitors that attend the distinguished Sundance Film Festival Mormon Tabernacle Choir 130,000 11 Visitors that attend the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival Ski resorts Number of ski located in Utah resorts located that are within a ONE hour considered the top in NORTH AMERICA drive of SLC International Airport 22 MILLION+ Visitors attracted each year to the wonderful events & beauty of Utah UTAH HAS MOMENTUM: The Utah economy created 43,300 jobs during 2012 brightest star The Wall Street Journal says Utah is the on the American flag The University of Utah ranked first in 2010 and 2011 of start-ups powered by technology developed by their faculty for the number Utah ranked #2 1or job growth by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics US $1.3 billion of capital Nearly commitments have been made in Utah-based venture capital and private equity funds American Legislative Exchange Council ranked Utah #1 Economic Outlook for the 5th straight year Utah is one of only four states to maintain AAA DUINU rating for the past 4b years Utah has made a goal to have b6%0 of its adults obtain a college degree or postsecondary certificate by 202U UTAH THIS INFOGRAPHIC WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY LIFE ELEVATED THIS INFOGRAPHIC WAS AAVALAUNCH CREATED BY MEDIA 23: Health Care & Social Assistance Professional, Scientific, & Tech Services Information