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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

 1,637.7 1,628.2 1,626.8 1,626.2 1,624.6 1,626.5 1,627.7 1,621.2 1,623.4 1,623.0 1,626.2 1,626.7 1,636.6 9.9 0.6

Colorado

 2,962.6 2,960.3 2,958.1 2,961.4 2,967.3 2,978.0 2,980.8 2,981.3 2,987.7 2,989.2 2,990.0 2,997.0 3,009.7 12.7 0.4

United States

 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,851 159,105 254 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

 1,632.1 1,636.3 1,638.9 6.8 0.4 3,010.6 52.9 1.8 159,177 2,332 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 112.6 110.9 111.1 -1.5 -1.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             22.9 1.0 4.6 645 -4 -0.6

Construction(2)

             188.1 2.0 1.1 8,446 230 2.8

Manufacturing

 69.5 69.2 69.2 -0.3 -0.4 150.5 -1.1 -0.7 12,923 -30 -0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 294.1 288.6 288.5 -5.6 -1.9 505.0 2.4 0.5 28,902 178 0.6

Information

 51.7 50.1 49.5 -2.2 -4.3 72.8 -3.7 -4.8 2,994 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

 117.4 121.2 120.3 2.9 2.5 184.4 5.4 3.0 9,259 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 321.2 321.9 322.3 1.1 0.3 508.0 2.8 0.6 23,027 89 0.4

Education & Health Services

 205.7 208.2 210.8 5.1 2.5 386.3 13.2 3.5 26,500 969 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 173.8 177.7 172.7 -1.1 -0.6 359.6 7.4 2.1 17,121 330 2.0

Other Services

 67.6 69.7 69.0 1.4 2.1 131.2 5.3 4.2 5,901 62 1.1

Government

 218.5 218.8 225.5 7.0 3.2 501.8 18.2 3.8 23,459 475 2.1

(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

 54,615 55,252 56,398 57,375 66,411 72,144 66,991 60,199 67,557 70,443 74,517 76,703 72,439   17,824 32.6

Adams

 9,490 9,572 9,676 10,029 11,881 12,901 12,157 10,813 12,110 12,606 13,218 13,516 12,860   3,370 35.5

Arapahoe

 11,745 11,825 11,927 12,034 13,866 15,136 14,095 12,608 14,282 14,909 15,707 16,084 15,193   3,448 29.4

Broomfield

 1,317 1,364 1,397 1,350 1,543 1,682 1,622 1,435 1,596 1,685 1,784 1,827 1,718   401 30.4

Clear Creek

 161 166 186 173 198 217 201 199 208 229 244 246 215   54 33.5

Denver

 14,607 14,806 15,251 15,955 18,294 19,538 17,871 16,353 17,774 18,490 19,890 20,440 19,343   4,736 32.4

Douglas

 6,233 6,301 6,343 6,187 7,140 7,959 7,555 6,770 7,972 8,299 8,643 8,999 8,486   2,253 36.1

Elbert

 435 429 448 442 512 567 537 457 543 576 600 617 571   136 31.3

Gilpin

 97 103 111 107 135 146 133 121 127 122 127 138 128   31 32.0

Jefferson

 10,225 10,373 10,726 10,774 12,458 13,564 12,440 11,123 12,584 13,155 13,913 14,426 13,529   3,304 32.3

Park

 305 313 333 324 384 434 380 320 361 372 391 410 396   91 29.8

Colorado

 100,970 102,223 104,840 105,305 122,896 134,013 124,330 110,054 126,268 131,634 138,109 141,569 133,398   32,428 32.1

United States (in thousands)

 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524   475 7.9

(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

 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1   1.0

Adams

 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.5   1.2

Arapahoe

 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0   0.9

Broomfield

 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0   1.0

Clear Creek

 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.5   0.9

Denver

 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4   1.1

Douglas

 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.0   1.1

Elbert

 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.5   0.8

Gilpin

 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.2   0.8

Jefferson

 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.9   1.0

Park

 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.4   0.8

Colorado

 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.1   1.0

United States

 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9   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, 1st quarter 2024(2)
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA

 138,298 -1 1,576,577 -4,280 -0.3 $1,820 4.1 $37,379,763 4.5

Adams

 14,950 219 242,311 2,088 0.9 1,404 1.6 4,439,294 3.4

Arapahoe

 27,990 -64 332,851 -2,882 -0.9 1,786 2.9 7,751,088 2.7

Broomfield

 3,725 -20 41,315 -1,411 -3.3 2,321 2.3 1,254,116 -0.3

Clear Creek

 434 1 3,276 -328 -9.1 1,404 9.1 60,100 -0.5

Denver

 45,747 -302 557,570 -5,780 -1.0 2,129 5.6 15,457,384 5.1

Douglas

 17,071 160 143,731 4,704 3.4 1,760 6.2 3,298,972 10.5

Elbert

 944 25 4,782 199 4.3 1,155 4.0 71,130 8.7

Gilpin

 244 2 4,582 248 5.7 1,286 7.8 75,592 12.6

Jefferson

 26,452 -27 243,212 -1,360 -0.6 1,560 3.6 4,933,694 3.6

Park

 741 5 2,947 242 8.9 1,005 4.1 38,393 13.4

Colorado

 264,401 1,812 2,851,398 7,546 0.3 $1,613 3.5 $59,815,910 4.3

United States

 12,169,000 402,702 153,585,576 2,015,839 1.3 1,527 4.2 3,035,291,673 5.6

(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