Mountain-Plains Information Office

Boulder

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Boulder Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2025
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2025
Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — July 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boulder — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2025
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Metropolitan Area Data Tables	Employment, Pay, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2025
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Dec 2017

Boulder, CO Economy at a Glance:

Boulder, CO

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		193.7	193.9	195.4	194.5	193.2	(p)192.2
Employment(1)		184.0	185.0	186.3	185.6	184.6	(p)184.6
Unemployment(1)		9.7	8.9	9.1	8.9	8.7	(p)7.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.0	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		205.7	206.8	207.7	208.3	205.7	(p)204.8
12-month % change		-0.6	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.3	(p)-0.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	(p)5.6
12-month % change		-5.3	-5.3	-1.8	-5.2	-5.2	(p)-3.4
Manufacturing(3)		20.7	20.7	20.7	20.8	21.0	(p)21.0
12-month % change		-2.4	-2.4	-2.4	-1.9	-0.9	(p)-0.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		25.3	26.0	25.9	25.8	25.9	(p)26.0
12-month % change		-2.7	0.0	-1.1	-1.5	-2.3	(p)-1.9
Information(3)		8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	(p)8.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	(p)-1.2
Financial Activities(3)		6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	(p)6.7
12-month % change		-2.9	-2.9	-2.9	-2.9	-2.9	(p)-4.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		41.7	41.8	42.1	42.1	41.9	(p)41.8
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2	(p)-0.7
Education and Health Services(3)		27.9	27.9	28.1	28.0	27.8	(p)28.0
12-month % change		0.4	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.7	(p)1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		19.8	19.5	20.4	20.7	21.4	(p)21.4
12-month % change		-1.0	-2.5	0.0	-0.5	0.5	(p)-0.5
Other Services(3)		8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	9.1	(p)9.1
12-month % change		-4.3	-4.3	-5.4	-4.3	-3.2	(p)-3.2
Government(3)		41.1	41.7	41.2	41.5	38.1	(p)36.9
12-month % change		3.5	3.7	3.5	3.5	2.1	(p)2.8
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary