Employment in the 13 most western states, including Alaska and Hawaii and excluding Texas, will rise 1.8 percent in 2013 and 2 percent in 2014, according to IHS Global Insight. That’s fastest among U.S. regions both years. Moody’s Analytics also said the area has the most favorable job oRobert Thomson got a 20 percent raise after starting last month at Richmond American Homes in Salt Lake City, eight months after landing a job at another builder. A year ago, he was unemployed.“I feel much better than I did,” said Thomson, 33. “There’s a lot of construction, just a lot of things going on.”Hiring by homebuilders and software and mobile-application