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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Denver metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 1,620.0 1,623.9 1,629.3 1,631.9 1,635.9 1,636.0 1,637.1 1,637.7 1,628.2 1,626.8 1,626.2 1,624.6 1,628.5 3.9 0.2

Colorado

 2,915.5 2,922.1 2,929.3 2,935.7 2,948.2 2,950.8 2,955.5 2,962.6 2,960.3 2,958.1 2,961.4 2,967.3 2,975.8 8.5 0.3

United States

 155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 157,808 275 0.2

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Denver metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA Colorado U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,600.2 1,598.3 1,613.0 12.8 0.8 2,955.1 63.8 2.2 156,555 2,738 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 109.1 104.7 106.0 -3.1 -2.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             21.9 0.6 2.8 631 7 1.1

Construction(2)

             176.5 -1.1 -0.6 7,855 213 2.8

Manufacturing

 69.4 68.5 69.2 -0.2 -0.3 149.7 -1.1 -0.7 12,913 20 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 293.1 290.1 288.5 -4.6 -1.6 500.3 -3.1 -0.6 28,663 61 0.2

Information

 53.8 51.7 51.4 -2.4 -4.5 76.6 -2.8 -3.5 2,996 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 117.5 118.9 118.9 1.4 1.2 182.1 1.9 1.1 9,180 83 0.9

Professional & Business Services

 313.9 308.5 313.3 -0.6 -0.2 498.4 11.3 2.3 22,683 150 0.7

Education & Health Services

 201.5 206.7 210.3 8.8 4.4 383.5 20.5 5.6 26,129 1,060 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 166.3 165.7 165.3 -1.0 -0.6 349.8 8.0 2.3 16,243 442 2.8

Other Services

 67.5 67.1 68.2 0.7 1.0 127.1 2.5 2.0 5,819 95 1.7

Government

 208.1 216.4 221.9 13.8 6.6 489.2 27.1 5.9 23,443 639 2.8

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 55,801 46,125 42,371 48,586 58,253 60,560 62,453 56,779 55,797 56,293 57,252 66,411 71,909   16,108 28.9

Adams

 10,311 8,483 7,570 8,559 10,187 10,508 10,853 9,867 9,666 9,658 9,984 11,881 12,867   2,556 24.8

Arapahoe

 12,037 10,023 9,089 10,443 12,519 13,029 13,454 12,211 11,942 11,905 12,032 13,866 15,067   3,030 25.2

Broomfield

 1,249 1,049 994 1,161 1,413 1,485 1,517 1,369 1,378 1,392 1,378 1,543 1,677   428 34.3

Clear Creek

 188 148 126 160 177 197 199 167 169 186 177 198 217   29 15.4

Denver

 14,938 12,387 11,536 13,048 15,415 16,153 16,830 15,183 14,952 15,223 15,894 18,294 19,483   4,545 30.4

Douglas

 5,961 4,971 4,568 5,458 6,668 6,901 7,013 6,480 6,363 6,332 6,168 7,140 7,935   1,974 33.1

Elbert

 435 337 305 378 472 489 484 452 433 447 437 512 561   126 29.0

Gilpin

 112 82 81 102 117 121 118 101 104 111 107 135 144   32 28.6

Jefferson

 10,218 8,372 7,838 8,972 10,930 11,310 11,621 10,630 10,474 10,706 10,750 12,458 13,523   3,305 32.3

Park

 352 273 264 305 355 367 364 319 316 333 325 384 435   83 23.6

Colorado

 108,417 94,125 86,175 95,154 114,860 105,990 110,447 100,970 102,223 104,840 105,305 122,896 133,614   25,197 23.2

United States (in thousands)

 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970   505 7.8

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Denver metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.2   1.0

Adams

 3.6 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.5   0.9

Arapahoe

 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.0   0.8

Broomfield

 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.9   1.0

Clear Creek

 3.0 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.5   0.5

Denver

 3.4 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.4   1.0

Douglas

 2.8 2.4 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.8   1.0

Elbert

 2.7 2.1 1.9 2.3 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.5   0.8

Gilpin

 2.8 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.5 3.7   0.9

Jefferson

 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.9   1.0

Park

 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.7   0.7

Colorado

 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.8 4.1   0.7

United States

 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2   0.3

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered employment and wages(1), Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 136,326 6,255 1,603,705 27,894 1.8 $1,563 -0.9 $32,745,029 0.9

Adams

 14,658 847 247,365 8,001 3.3 1,329 -2.4 4,283,622 1.1

Arapahoe

 27,727 1,122 339,473 4,974 1.5 1,537 -1.3 6,811,335 -0.2

Broomfield

 3,682 157 43,291 712 1.7 2,018 2.0 1,143,620 3.3

Clear Creek

 430 14 3,171 56 1.8 1,276 15.8 53,672 15.2

Denver

 45,193 1,911 567,063 6,528 1.2 1,741 -0.1 12,871,787 1.3

Douglas

 16,682 908 144,747 4,480 3.2 1,487 -3.4 2,836,925 -0.2

Elbert

 898 63 4,793 393 8.9 1,063 -2.7 66,343 6.2

Gilpin

 235 9 4,285 -24 -0.6 1,359 10.2 77,064 9.3

Jefferson

 26,105 1,186 246,466 2,572 1.1 1,413 -0.4 4,560,574 0.8

Park

 716 38 3,051 202 7.1 974 -2.3 40,088 4.8

Colorado

 261,901 14,668 2,888,723 64,341 2.3 $1,431 -0.5 $53,965,934 1.7

United States

 12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages